Malaysia CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Malaysia emit in 2008?

Malaysia emitted 192.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.6% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Malaysia in 2008?

In 2008, Malaysia emitted 6.97 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 27664304.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 192.85 million tonnes emitted by Malaysia in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	70.21	2.54
Gas	72.63	2.63
Coal	38.04	1.37
Cement	8.42	0.3
Flaring	3.55	0.13

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