CO₂ emissions per capita: Malaysia
8.16206 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 134 years from 1890 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.16206 |
| 2023 | 7.8658104 |
| 2022 | 8.124508 |
| 2021 | 7.9729576 |
| 2020 | 7.735682 |
| 2019 | 8.303469 |
| 2018 | 7.9805346 |
| 2017 | 7.5553155 |
| 2016 | 7.4644914 |
| 2015 | 7.554295 |
| 2014 | 7.9832 |
| 2013 | 8.009178 |
| 2012 | 7.180488 |
| 2011 | 6.9766316 |
| 2010 | 6.956588 |
| 2009 | 6.8310843 |
| 2008 | 6.994802 |
| 2007 | 6.498702 |
| 2006 | 6.441329 |
| 2005 | 6.5791078 |
| 2004 | 6.717976 |
| 2003 | 6.215024 |
| 2002 | 5.4780774 |
| 2001 | 5.563507 |
| 2000 | 5.3501554 |
| 1999 | 4.634905 |
| 1998 | 5.0113263 |
| 1997 | 5.5424604 |
| 1996 | 5.2809606 |
| 1995 | 5.390652 |
| 1994 | 4.4145036 |
| 1993 | 4.482424 |
| 1992 | 3.8737822 |
| 1991 | 3.5864918 |
| 1990 | 3.0431683 |
| 1989 | 2.8925128 |
| 1988 | 2.552253 |
| 1987 | 2.5114179 |
| 1986 | 2.5444674 |
| 1985 | 2.3819265 |
| 1984 | 2.357504 |
| 1983 | 2.6633441 |
| 1982 | 2.215166 |
| 1981 | 2.3044395 |
| 1980 | 2.1591163 |
| 1979 | 2.1623554 |
| 1978 | 1.8867737 |
| 1977 | 1.8794761 |
| 1976 | 2.0338259 |
| 1975 | 1.695023 |
| 1974 | 1.7002808 |
| 1973 | 1.6007435 |
| 1972 | 1.6765848 |
| 1971 | 1.5985656 |
| 1970 | 1.4329672 |
| 1969 | 0.9185888 |
| 1968 | 1.0827681 |
| 1967 | 1.0652665 |
| 1966 | 1.0592049 |
| 1965 | 0.92533624 |
| 1964 | 0.83813554 |
| 1963 | 0.67750007 |
| 1962 | 0.56998205 |
| 1961 | 0.57381946 |
| 1960 | 0.52807236 |
| 1959 | 0.4104351 |
| 1958 | 0.50669795 |
| 1957 | 0.47717205 |
| 1956 | 1.0567169 |
| 1955 | 1.0674957 |
| 1954 | 1.0342258 |
| 1953 | 0.98558587 |
| 1952 | 0.9919094 |
| 1951 | 0.8342689 |
| 1950 | 0.5994059 |
| 1949 | 0.20862378 |
| 1948 | 0.20742151 |
| 1947 | 0.12143477 |
| 1946 | 0.10897332 |
| 1945 | 0.112172775 |
| 1944 | 0.20562328 |
| 1943 | 0.25011694 |
| 1942 | 0.12718852 |
| 1941 | 0.42863265 |
| 1940 | 0.51351666 |
| 1939 | 0.34723765 |
| 1938 | 0.3976751 |
| 1937 | 0.4978246 |
| 1936 | 0.44396305 |
| 1935 | 0.39977947 |
| 1934 | 0.3916276 |
| 1933 | 0.36689386 |
| 1932 | 0.42294636 |
| 1931 | 0.6514229 |
| 1930 | 0.9022109 |
| 1929 | 1.0330861 |
| 1928 | 0.9767543 |
| 1927 | 0.8859565 |
| 1926 | 0.91146773 |
| 1925 | 0.8121824 |
| 1924 | 0.70189625 |
| 1923 | 0.73946506 |
| 1922 | 0.5864455 |
| 1921 | 0.4228714 |
| 1920 | 0.3390862 |
| 1919 | 0.2399917 |
| 1918 | 0.21349983 |
| 1917 | 0.21193038 |
| 1916 | 0.18203099 |
| 1915 | 0.069266595 |
| 1914 | 0.050428744 |
| 1913 | 0.0218449 |
| 1912 | 0.006548695 |
| 1910 | 0.08736628 |
| 1909 | 0.06421489 |
| 1908 | 0.035729818 |
| 1907 | 0.035158284 |
| 1906 | 0.015015606 |
| 1905 | 0.01693022 |
| 1904 | 0.014198426 |
| 1903 | 0.022638835 |
| 1902 | 0.023205085 |
| 1901 | 0.022121226 |
| 1900 | 0.027995858 |
| 1899 | 0.059471976 |
| 1898 | 0.06507759 |
| 1897 | 0.04804374 |
| 1896 | 0.06753203 |
| 1895 | 0.061586663 |
| 1894 | 0.027583173 |
| 1893 | 0.006578975 |
| 1892 | 0.02946571 |
| 1891 | 0.01171324 |
| 1890 | 0.0048424774 |