Malaysia CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Malaysia emit in 2018?

Malaysia emitted 262.21 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.71% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Malaysia in 2018?

In 2018, Malaysia emitted 8.09 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 32399270.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 262.21 million tonnes emitted by Malaysia in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 80.68 2.49
Gas 84.26 2.6
Coal 84.15 2.6
Cement 9.06 0.28
Flaring 4.06 0.13

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