Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia
Malaysia: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia, 1890–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia stood at 0.8%.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia peaked at 1.5% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1959.
That places Malaysia 20th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 134 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 9 |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More climate change data for Malaysia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Population, total 35.98 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Urban population 27.84 million (2025)
- Urban population 77.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 8.16 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 7.04 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 8.16 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 8.16 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Malaysia was 0.8% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 1988.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1959.
- How does Malaysia rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Malaysia ranks 20th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. 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 CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.