Drained organic soils — Emissions in Malaysia

Malaysia: Drained organic soils — Emissions was 31,521 kt in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
31,521 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 216 countries
All-time high
31,941 kt
in 2021
All-time low
19,757 kt
in 1996
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Malaysia, 1990–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k1990200720241990: 20.6k kt1991: 20.6k kt1992: 20.6k kt1993: 20.6k kt1994: 20.6k kt1995: 20.3k kt1996: 19.8k kt1997: 19.8k kt1998: 20.0k kt1999: 20.3k kt2000: 20.9k kt2001: 21.4k kt2002: 21.7k kt2003: 21.9k kt2004: 22.4k kt2005: 22.9k kt2006: 23.8k kt2007: 25.0k kt2008: 26.7k kt2009: 28.0k kt2010: 28.9k kt2011: 29.3k kt2012: 29.7k kt2013: 29.9k kt2014: 30.7k kt2015: 30.7k kt2016: 31.1k kt2017: 31.2k kt2018: 31.4k kt2019: 31.7k kt2020: 31.8k kt2021: 31.9k kt2022: 31.5k kt2023: 31.5k kt2024: 31.5k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 31,521 kt for drained organic soils — emissions in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — emissions in Malaysia peaked at 31,941 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, 19,757 kt, in 1996.

That places Malaysia 6th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 20,320 kt 19,757 kt 20,619 kt 10
2000s 23,475 kt 20,861 kt 27,975 kt 10
2010s 30,449 kt 28,914 kt 31,663 kt 10
2020s 31,666 kt 31,521 kt 31,941 kt 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 3 Russian Federation 53,142 kt compare
  2. 4 Belarus 42,203 kt compare
  3. 5 Canada 38,348 kt compare
  4. 7 Poland 28,289 kt compare
  5. 8 Germany 27,549 kt compare
  6. 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 26,293 kt compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

More climate change data for Malaysia

All data for Malaysia →

Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — emissions in Malaysia?
Drained organic soils — emissions in Malaysia was 31,521 kt in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 31,941 kt in 2021.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — emissions recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 19,757 kt in 1996.
How does Malaysia rank for drained organic soils — emissions?
Malaysia ranks 6th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — emissions rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Drained organic soils — Emissions in Malaysia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/malaysia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/drained-organic-soils-emissions-co2-fao-tier-1/malaysia/">Drained organic soils — Emissions in Malaysia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.