Malaysia CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Malaysia emit in 2020?

Malaysia emitted 269.25 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.77% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Malaysia in 2020?

In 2020, Malaysia emitted 8.11 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 33199988.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 269.25 million tonnes emitted by Malaysia in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 88.99 2.68
Gas 82.24 2.48
Coal 82.17 2.47
Cement 11.29 0.34
Flaring 4.55 0.14

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