Iraq vs Malaysia: Greenhouse gas emissions

Iraq
398.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Malaysia
388.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iraq rank
22nd
Malaysia rank
24th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Iraq
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 398.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 388.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Malaysia, a difference of 9.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Malaysia ahead.

Iraq ranks 22nd and Malaysia ranks 24th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas 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

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.