Malaysia CO2 emissions data for 2021
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Malaysia emit in 2021?
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Malaysia emitted 278.86 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021.
This represents 0.76% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Malaysia in 2021?
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In 2021, Malaysia emitted 8.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 33573872.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 278.86 million tonnes emitted by Malaysia in 2021 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
96.14 |
2.86 |
| Gas |
93.24 |
2.78 |
| Coal |
74.26 |
2.21 |
| Cement |
11.31 |
0.34 |
| Flaring |
3.91 |
0.12 |
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