Malaysia vs Thailand: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
Malaysia
0.6%
in 2024
Thailand
0.4%
in 2024
Malaysia rank
16th
Thailand rank
18th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Malaysia
- Thailand
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.6% against 0.4% in Thailand, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.6 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 18th of 179 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Thailand |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Thailand |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Thailand |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Thailand |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from coal, Malaysia or Thailand?
- Malaysia, at 0.6% against 0.4% in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from coal between Malaysia and Thailand?
- 0.2%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Thailand?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Thailand rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from coal?
- Malaysia ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 18th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.