Malaysia vs Niger: Methane emissions

Malaysia
28.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Niger
30.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Malaysia rank
56th
Niger rank
53rd

Methane emissions over time

  • Malaysia
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 30.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 28.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Malaysia, a difference of 1.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Niger ahead.

Malaysia ranks 56th and Niger ranks 53rd of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.