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Per capita methane emissions in Malaysia

Malaysia: Per capita methane emissions was 0.7963 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.7963
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
126th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.16
in 1997
All-time low
0.6581
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Malaysia, 1850–2024

00.250.50.7511.2185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Malaysia stood at 0.7963.

The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Malaysia peaked at 1.16 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.6581, in 1850.

Malaysia ranks 126th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in Malaysia, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.6581 —
1851 0.6616 +0.5%
1852 0.6647 +0.5%
1853 0.6675 +0.4%
1854 0.67 +0.4%
1855 0.6721 +0.3%
1856 0.6739 +0.3%
1857 0.6755 +0.2%
1858 0.6768 +0.2%
1859 0.6778 +0.1%
1860 0.6785 +0.1%
1861 0.679 +0.1%
1862 0.6793 +0.0%
1863 0.6793 +0.0%
1864 0.6792 -0.0%
1865 0.6788 -0.1%
1866 0.6782 -0.1%
1867 0.6774 -0.1%
1868 0.6764 -0.1%
1869 0.6733 -0.5%
1870 0.6684 -0.7%
1871 0.7 +4.7%
1872 0.7276 +3.9%
1873 0.7511 +3.2%
1874 0.7723 +2.8%
1875 0.7919 +2.5%
1876 0.8104 +2.3%
1877 0.8268 +2.0%
1878 0.8414 +1.8%
1879 0.8541 +1.5%
1880 0.8652 +1.3%
1881 0.8453 -2.3%
1882 0.8258 -2.3%
1883 0.8066 -2.3%
1884 0.7879 -2.3%
1885 0.7706 -2.2%
1886 0.7538 -2.2%
1887 0.7376 -2.2%
1888 0.7215 -2.2%
1889 0.7058 -2.2%
1890 0.6904 -2.2%
1891 0.7032 +1.8%
1892 0.7144 +1.6%
1893 0.7243 +1.4%
1894 0.7328 +1.2%
1895 0.7402 +1.0%
1896 0.7464 +0.8%
1897 0.7515 +0.7%
1898 0.7555 +0.5%
1899 0.7599 +0.6%
1900 0.7648 +0.6%
1901 0.7593 -0.7%
1902 0.755 -0.6%
1903 0.7517 -0.4%
1904 0.7485 -0.4%
1905 0.7451 -0.4%
1906 0.7416 -0.5%
1907 0.7381 -0.5%
1908 0.7345 -0.5%
1909 0.7317 -0.4%
1910 0.7294 -0.3%
1911 0.7341 +0.6%
1912 0.739 +0.7%
1913 0.7448 +0.8%
1914 0.7508 +0.8%
1915 0.7556 +0.6%
1916 0.7615 +0.8%
1917 0.7646 +0.4%
1918 0.7669 +0.3%
1919 0.7694 +0.3%
1920 0.7736 +0.5%
1921 0.7756 +0.3%
1922 0.7838 +1.1%
1923 0.789 +0.7%
1924 0.784 -0.6%
1925 0.7868 +0.4%
1926 0.7885 +0.2%
1927 0.7858 -0.3%
1928 0.7845 -0.2%
1929 0.7817 -0.4%
1930 0.7763 -0.7%
1931 0.7761 -0.0%
1932 0.7748 -0.2%
1933 0.7793 +0.6%
1934 0.7824 +0.4%
1935 0.7857 +0.4%
1936 0.7897 +0.5%
1937 0.7939 +0.5%
1938 0.7978 +0.5%
1939 0.8012 +0.4%
1940 0.8055 +0.5%
1941 0.8024 -0.4%
1942 0.7953 -0.9%
1943 0.7919 -0.4%
1944 0.7883 -0.5%
1945 0.7816 -0.8%
1946 0.7748 -0.9%
1947 0.7688 -0.8%
1948 0.7655 -0.4%
1949 0.7605 -0.6%
1950 0.7467 -1.8%
1951 0.7445 -0.3%
1952 0.7446 +0.0%
1953 0.7452 +0.1%
1954 0.7454 +0.0%
1955 0.7445 -0.1%
1956 0.7446 +0.0%
1957 0.7733 +3.9%
1958 0.7775 +0.5%
1959 0.7721 -0.7%
1960 0.7835 +1.5%
1961 0.7762 -0.9%
1962 0.7816 +0.7%
1963 0.7817 +0.0%
1964 0.7845 +0.4%
1965 0.7902 +0.7%
1966 0.7856 -0.6%
1967 0.7864 +0.1%
1968 0.7984 +1.5%
1969 0.7806 -2.2%
1970 0.7981 +2.2%
1971 0.8061 +1.0%
1972 0.8337 +3.4%
1973 0.8125 -2.5%
1974 0.7902 -2.7%
1975 0.8154 +3.2%
1976 0.8778 +7.7%
1977 0.882 +0.5%
1978 0.8612 -2.4%
1979 0.9785 +13.6%
1980 0.9498 -2.9%
1981 0.9101 -4.2%
1982 0.9181 +0.9%
1983 0.9565 +4.2%
1984 0.9971 +4.3%
1985 0.994 -0.3%
1986 1.02 +2.5%
1987 1 -1.6%
1988 1.01 +1.2%
1989 1.03 +1.8%
1990 1.04 +1.2%
1991 1.04 -0.0%
1992 1.04 -0.5%
1993 1.04 +0.3%
1994 1.06 +1.4%
1995 0.9815 -7.0%
1996 1.07 +8.7%
1997 1.16 +8.8%
1998 0.9894 -14.8%
1999 0.9808 -0.9%
2000 0.997 +1.7%
2001 0.9909 -0.6%
2002 0.993 +0.2%
2003 1.09 +9.7%
2004 1.09 -0.2%
2005 1.09 +0.2%
2006 1.1 +0.9%
2007 1.07 -2.5%
2008 1.08 +0.5%
2009 1.07 -0.5%
2010 0.9592 -10.5%
2011 0.9173 -4.4%
2012 0.9151 -0.2%
2013 0.8932 -2.4%
2014 0.8857 -0.8%
2015 0.9026 +1.9%
2016 0.9144 +1.3%
2017 0.9041 -1.1%
2018 0.892 -1.3%
2019 0.8719 -2.3%
2020 0.8303 -4.8%
2021 0.8142 -1.9%
2022 0.8169 +0.3%
2023 0.8197 +0.3%
2024 0.7963 -2.9%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 0.7963 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 75% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 0.7963 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.82, 97% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.6698 0.6581 0.6778 10
1860s 0.6779 0.6733 0.6793 10
1870s 0.7744 0.6684 0.8541 10
1880s 0.782 0.7058 0.8652 10
1890s 0.7319 0.6904 0.7599 10
1900s 0.747 0.7317 0.7648 10
1910s 0.7516 0.7294 0.7694 10
1920s 0.7833 0.7736 0.789 10
1930s 0.7857 0.7748 0.8012 10
1940s 0.7835 0.7605 0.8055 10
1950s 0.7538 0.7445 0.7775 10
1960s 0.7849 0.7762 0.7984 10
1970s 0.8456 0.7902 0.9785 10
1980s 0.9795 0.9101 1.03 10
1990s 1.04 0.9808 1.16 10
2000s 1.06 0.9909 1.1 10
2010s 0.9056 0.8719 0.9592 10
2020s 0.8155 0.7963 0.8303 5

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 123 Croatia 0.8154 compare
  2. 124 Zimbabwe 0.7997 compare
  3. 125 Morocco 0.7966 compare
  4. 127 Luxembourg 0.7944 compare
  5. 128 Mozambique 0.782 compare
  6. 129 Albania 0.7787 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Malaysia?
Per capita methane emissions in Malaysia was 0.7963 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 in 1997.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6581 in 1850.
How does Malaysia rank for per capita methane emissions?
Malaysia ranks 126th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed