Australia vs Malaysia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal

Australia
0.9%
in 2024
Malaysia
0.6%
in 2024
Australia rank
13th
Malaysia rank
16th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal over time

  • Australia
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.9% against 0.6% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Malaysia's.

Across all 134 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 13th and Malaysia ranks 16th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit
%
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.