Malaysia CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Malaysia emit in 2012?

Malaysia emitted 212.99 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.61% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Malaysia in 2012?

In 2012, Malaysia emitted 7.18 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 29660216.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 212.99 million tonnes emitted by Malaysia in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 74.28 2.5
Gas 66.29 2.23
Coal 59.87 2.02
Cement 8.11 0.27
Flaring 4.44 0.15

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