Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia
Malaysia: Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population was 0.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia stood at 0.8%.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia peaked at 0.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1990.
That places Malaysia 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.3% | — |
| 1991 | 0.3% | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -30.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +16.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -0.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 4.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -30.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More climate change data for Malaysia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 621.79 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,551 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,936 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,616 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 93.41 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,214 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,641 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,573 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 13.74 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia?
- Share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population in Malaysia was 0.8% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1990.
- How does Malaysia rank for share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population?
- Malaysia ranks 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global consumption-based co₂ emissions vs. share of population rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.