Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia
Malaysia: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 9.91 tonnes per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
9.91 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
24th
of 194 countries
All-time high
36.96 tonnes per person
in 1913
All-time low
2.13 tonnes per person
in 1959
Years of data
134
1890–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia, 1890–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia is 9.91 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia peaked at 36.96 tonnes per person in 1913 and was at its lowest, 2.13 tonnes per person, in 1959.
Malaysia ranks 24th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 134 years of available data.
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 25.75 tonnes per person | — |
| 1891 | 24.21 tonnes per person | -6.0% |
| 1892 | 4.64 tonnes per person | -80.8% |
| 1893 | 16.12 tonnes per person | +247.1% |
| 1894 | 14.03 tonnes per person | -13.0% |
| 1895 | 9.95 tonnes per person | -29.1% |
| 1896 | 11.28 tonnes per person | +13.4% |
| 1897 | 14.15 tonnes per person | +25.4% |
| 1898 | 3.8 tonnes per person | -73.1% |
| 1899 | 9.52 tonnes per person | +150.5% |
| 1900 | 10.79 tonnes per person | +13.3% |
| 1901 | 24.82 tonnes per person | +130.1% |
| 1902 | 17.54 tonnes per person | -29.3% |
| 1903 | 17.66 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1904 | 23.48 tonnes per person | +32.9% |
| 1905 | 16.92 tonnes per person | -27.9% |
| 1906 | 24.16 tonnes per person | +42.8% |
| 1907 | 11.03 tonnes per person | -54.4% |
| 1908 | 9.29 tonnes per person | -15.7% |
| 1909 | 13.93 tonnes per person | +49.9% |
| 1910 | 26.44 tonnes per person | +89.8% |
| 1912 | 28.11 tonnes per person | +6.3% |
| 1913 | 36.96 tonnes per person | +31.5% |
| 1914 | 30.62 tonnes per person | -17.2% |
| 1915 | 29.04 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 1916 | 25.36 tonnes per person | -12.7% |
| 1917 | 34.23 tonnes per person | +35.0% |
| 1918 | 22.7 tonnes per person | -33.7% |
| 1919 | 32.04 tonnes per person | +41.1% |
| 1920 | 21.88 tonnes per person | -31.7% |
| 1921 | 15.2 tonnes per person | -30.5% |
| 1922 | 9.64 tonnes per person | -36.6% |
| 1923 | 16.99 tonnes per person | +76.3% |
| 1924 | 9.99 tonnes per person | -41.2% |
| 1925 | 8.27 tonnes per person | -17.2% |
| 1926 | 3.8 tonnes per person | -54.0% |
| 1927 | 5.7 tonnes per person | +49.9% |
| 1928 | 6.61 tonnes per person | +15.9% |
| 1929 | 5.97 tonnes per person | -9.7% |
| 1930 | 8.46 tonnes per person | +41.7% |
| 1931 | 12.89 tonnes per person | +52.4% |
| 1932 | 15.05 tonnes per person | +16.8% |
| 1933 | 12.79 tonnes per person | -15.0% |
| 1934 | 14.62 tonnes per person | +14.3% |
| 1935 | 4.3 tonnes per person | -70.5% |
| 1936 | 15.76 tonnes per person | +266.1% |
| 1937 | 14.22 tonnes per person | -9.8% |
| 1938 | 13.77 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
| 1939 | 12.78 tonnes per person | -7.1% |
| 1940 | 14.29 tonnes per person | +11.7% |
| 1941 | 18.14 tonnes per person | +27.0% |
| 1942 | 18.6 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 1943 | 17.23 tonnes per person | -7.3% |
| 1944 | 16.61 tonnes per person | -3.6% |
| 1945 | 17.46 tonnes per person | +5.1% |
| 1946 | 16.79 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1947 | 15.39 tonnes per person | -8.3% |
| 1948 | 15.07 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 1949 | 16.57 tonnes per person | +9.9% |
| 1950 | 9.95 tonnes per person | -40.0% |
| 1951 | 7.26 tonnes per person | -27.1% |
| 1952 | 6.77 tonnes per person | -6.7% |
| 1953 | 5.46 tonnes per person | -19.4% |
| 1954 | 5.27 tonnes per person | -3.4% |
| 1955 | 5.4 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1956 | 4.67 tonnes per person | -13.4% |
| 1957 | 3.42 tonnes per person | -26.9% |
| 1958 | 3.22 tonnes per person | -5.7% |
| 1959 | 2.13 tonnes per person | -33.7% |
| 1960 | 2.52 tonnes per person | +18.0% |
| 1961 | 6.89 tonnes per person | +173.8% |
| 1962 | 11.02 tonnes per person | +59.9% |
| 1963 | 8.97 tonnes per person | -18.6% |
| 1964 | 14.95 tonnes per person | +66.6% |
| 1965 | 7.79 tonnes per person | -47.9% |
| 1966 | 9.38 tonnes per person | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 13.31 tonnes per person | +41.8% |
| 1968 | 10.7 tonnes per person | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 14.07 tonnes per person | +31.5% |
| 1970 | 14.09 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 16.71 tonnes per person | +18.6% |
| 1972 | 13.99 tonnes per person | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 13.03 tonnes per person | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 14.48 tonnes per person | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 13.59 tonnes per person | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 16.38 tonnes per person | +20.5% |
| 1977 | 17.75 tonnes per person | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 16.6 tonnes per person | -6.5% |
| 1979 | 15.06 tonnes per person | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 16.1 tonnes per person | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 13.13 tonnes per person | -18.4% |
| 1982 | 13.72 tonnes per person | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 10.88 tonnes per person | -20.7% |
| 1984 | 14.61 tonnes per person | +34.2% |
| 1985 | 21.18 tonnes per person | +45.0% |
| 1986 | 24.86 tonnes per person | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 25.41 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 25.9 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 17.7 tonnes per person | -31.7% |
| 1990 | 13.53 tonnes per person | -23.5% |
| 1991 | 11.88 tonnes per person | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 13.05 tonnes per person | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 14.13 tonnes per person | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 14.07 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 12.84 tonnes per person | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 11.74 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 11 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 11 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 8.81 tonnes per person | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 9.09 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 10.37 tonnes per person | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 10.66 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 10.07 tonnes per person | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 10.47 tonnes per person | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 10.16 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 10.37 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 10.93 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 11.95 tonnes per person | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 13.09 tonnes per person | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 12.62 tonnes per person | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 14.69 tonnes per person | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 14.55 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 16.58 tonnes per person | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 16.06 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 13.16 tonnes per person | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 11.51 tonnes per person | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 10.99 tonnes per person | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 10.73 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 10.6 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 9.75 tonnes per person | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 10.11 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 9.94 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 9.63 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 9.91 tonnes per person | +2.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 9.91 tonnes per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.36 tonnes per person, 3.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 9.91 tonnes per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.85 tonnes per person, 2.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | +266.1% | 4.3 tonnes per person | 15.76 tonnes per person |
| 1893 | +247.1% | 4.64 tonnes per person | 16.12 tonnes per person |
| 1961 | +173.8% | 2.52 tonnes per person | 6.89 tonnes per person |
| 1899 | +150.5% | 3.8 tonnes per person | 9.52 tonnes per person |
| 1901 | +130.1% | 10.79 tonnes per person | 24.82 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13.35 tonnes per person | 3.8 tonnes per person | 25.75 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 16.96 tonnes per person | 9.29 tonnes per person | 24.82 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 29.5 tonnes per person | 22.7 tonnes per person | 36.96 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1920s | 10.41 tonnes per person | 3.8 tonnes per person | 21.88 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 12.46 tonnes per person | 4.3 tonnes per person | 15.76 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 16.61 tonnes per person | 14.29 tonnes per person | 18.6 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 5.35 tonnes per person | 2.13 tonnes per person | 9.95 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 9.96 tonnes per person | 2.52 tonnes per person | 14.95 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 15.17 tonnes per person | 13.03 tonnes per person | 17.75 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.35 tonnes per person | 10.88 tonnes per person | 25.9 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.21 tonnes per person | 8.81 tonnes per person | 14.13 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.72 tonnes per person | 9.09 tonnes per person | 13.09 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.15 tonnes per person | 10.6 tonnes per person | 16.58 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.86 tonnes per person | 9.63 tonnes per person | 10.11 tonnes per person | 5 |
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More climate change data for Malaysia
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- 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)
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- 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 per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia?
- Per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia was 9.91 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 36.96 tonnes per person in 1913.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.13 tonnes per person in 1959.
- How does Malaysia rank for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Malaysia ranks 24th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.