Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Malaysia

Methane emissions in Malaysia in 2024 — 28.31 Mt. Ranked 144 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 8,012.6%.

2024 28.31 Mt −1.67% vs 2023
World rank 144of 199
Period maximum 30.14 Mt2009
Period minimum 0.35 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Malaysia, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.35 Mt1853: 0.38 Mt1856: 0.4 Mt1859: 0.43 Mt1862: 0.46 Mt1865: 0.48 Mt1868: 0.51 Mt1871: 0.57 Mt1874: 0.69 Mt1877: 0.82 Mt1880: 0.94 Mt1883: 0.97 Mt1886: 1 Mt1889: 1.03 Mt1892: 1.16 Mt1895: 1.32 Mt1898: 1.49 Mt1901: 1.64 Mt1904: 1.74 Mt1907: 1.85 Mt1910: 1.96 Mt1913: 2.12 Mt1916: 2.3 Mt1919: 2.47 Mt1922: 2.68 Mt1925: 2.87 Mt1928: 3.06 Mt1931: 3.23 Mt1934: 3.46 Mt1937: 3.74 Mt1940: 4.03 Mt1943: 4.18 Mt1946: 4.3 Mt1949: 4.45 Mt1952: 4.78 Mt1955: 5.18 Mt1958: 5.88 Mt1961: 6.34 Mt1964: 6.93 Mt1967: 7.48 Mt1970: 8.12 Mt1973: 8.89 Mt1976: 10.31 Mt1979: 12.36 Mt1982: 12.7 Mt1985: 15.16 Mt1988: 17.05 Mt1991: 19.15 Mt1994: 20.92 Mt1997: 24.81 Mt2000: 22.9 Mt2003: 26.89 Mt2006: 29.03 Mt2009: 30.14 Mt2012: 27.15 Mt2015: 28.19 Mt2018: 29.36 Mt2021: 27.91 Mt2024: 28.31 Mt
Change over the period: +27.96 (+8,012.61%) Average annual rate: 2.56 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 28.31 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 2,727.3 Mt
South-Eastern Asia computed 810.22 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 28.31 −0.48 −1.67%
2023 28.79 +0.45 +1.58%
2022 28.34 +0.43 +1.54%
2021 27.91 −0.22 −0.8%
2020 28.14 −1.02 −3.49%
2019 29.16 −0.2 −0.69%
2018 29.36 +0.1 +0.36%
2017 29.25 +0.19 +0.64%
2016 29.07 +0.88 +3.11%
2015 28.19 +1 +3.69%
2014 27.19 +0.24 +0.88%
2013 26.95 −0.19 −0.71%
2012 27.15 +0.39 +1.47%
2011 26.75 −0.74 −2.68%
2010 27.49 −2.65 −8.8%
2009 30.14 +0.43 +1.46%
2008 29.71 +0.77 +2.65%
2007 28.94 −0.09 −0.32%
2006 29.03 +0.9 +3.2%
2005 28.13 +0.68 +2.47%
2004 27.45 +0.56 +2.1%
2003 26.89 +2.96 +12.35%
2002 23.93 +0.62 +2.66%
2001 23.31 +0.41 +1.8%
2000 22.9 +0.9 +4.07%
1999 22 +0.33 +1.52%
1998 21.68 −3.14 −12.64%
1997 24.81 +2.57 +11.56%
1996 22.24 +2.29 +11.46%
1995 19.95 −0.97 −4.62%
1994 20.92 +0.8 +4%
1993 20.12 +0.56 +2.86%
1992 19.56 +0.41 +2.12%
1991 19.15 +0.52 +2.81%
1990 18.63 +0.75 +4.18%
1989 17.88 +0.83 +4.9%
1988 17.05 +0.73 +4.46%
1987 16.32 +0.25 +1.57%
1986 16.06 +0.9 +5.96%
1985 15.16 +0.44 +3.02%
1984 14.72 +1.05 +7.71%
1983 13.66 +0.97 +7.6%
1982 12.7 +0.5 +4.14%
1981 12.19 −0.14 −1.11%
1980 12.33 −0.03 −0.2%
1979 12.36 +1.74 +16.38%
1978 10.62 +0 +0.01%
1977 10.62 +0.3 +2.93%
1976 10.31 +0.96 +10.25%
1975 9.36 +0.5 +5.69%
1974 8.85 −0.03 −0.38%
1973 8.89 −0.02 −0.18%
1972 8.9 +0.5 +5.93%
1971 8.4 +0.28 +3.43%
1970 8.12 +0.36 +4.62%
1969 7.77 +0 +0.01%
1968 7.76 +0.29 +3.85%
1967 7.48 +0.18 +2.5%
1966 7.29 +0.14 +1.93%
1965 7.16 +0.23 +3.32%
1964 6.93 +0.2 +3%
1963 6.72 +0.17 +2.66%
1962 6.55 +0.21 +3.36%
1961 6.34 +0.1 +1.65%
1960 6.23 +0.25 +4.11%
1959 5.99 +0.11 +1.84%
1958 5.88 +0.19 +3.27%
1957 5.69 +0.37 +6.85%
1956 5.33 +0.15 +2.84%
1955 5.18 +0.13 +2.65%
1954 5.05 +0.13 +2.73%
1953 4.91 +0.13 +2.76%
1952 4.78 +0.12 +2.64%
1951 4.66 +0.11 +2.31%
1950 4.55 +0.11 +2.38%
1949 4.45 +0.06 +1.25%
1948 4.39 +0.05 +1.27%
1947 4.34 +0.04 +0.91%
1946 4.3 +0.04 +0.82%
1945 4.26 +0.04 +0.85%
1944 4.23 +0.05 +1.25%
1943 4.18 +0.05 +1.26%
1942 4.12 +0.04 +0.88%
1941 4.09 +0.06 +1.46%
1940 4.03 +0.1 +2.49%
1939 3.93 +0.09 +2.45%
1938 3.84 +0.1 +2.59%
1937 3.74 +0.1 +2.66%
1936 3.64 +0.09 +2.62%
1935 3.55 +0.09 +2.54%
1934 3.46 +0.08 +2.49%
1933 3.38 +0.09 +2.71%
1932 3.29 +0.06 +1.95%
1931 3.23 +0.07 +2.12%
1930 3.16 +0.04 +1.45%
1929 3.11 +0.06 +1.83%
1928 3.06 +0.06 +2.07%
1927 3 +0.06 +1.87%
1926 2.94 +0.07 +2.44%
1925 2.87 +0.07 +2.57%
1924 2.8 +0.04 +1.56%
1923 2.76 +0.08 +2.87%
1922 2.68 +0.09 +3.28%
1921 2.59 +0.06 +2.41%
1920 2.53 +0.07 +2.68%
1919 2.47 +0.06 +2.41%
1918 2.41 +0.06 +2.38%
1917 2.35 +0.05 +2.35%
1916 2.3 +0.06 +2.73%
1915 2.24 +0.06 +2.57%
1914 2.18 +0.06 +2.73%
1913 2.12 +0.06 +2.76%
1912 2.07 +0.05 +2.68%
1911 2.01 +0.05 +2.81%
1910 1.96 +0.04 +1.98%
1909 1.92 +0.04 +1.96%
1908 1.88 +0.04 +2%
1907 1.85 +0.04 +1.99%
1906 1.81 +0.04 +2.03%
1905 1.77 +0.04 +2.07%
1904 1.74 +0.03 +2.06%
1903 1.7 +0.03 +2.04%
1902 1.67 +0.03 +2.08%
1901 1.64 +0.03 +2.12%
1900 1.6 +0.06 +3.62%
1899 1.55 +0.06 +3.76%
1898 1.49 +0.06 +3.91%
1897 1.43 +0.06 +4.07%
1896 1.38 +0.06 +4.24%
1895 1.32 +0.05 +4.34%
1894 1.27 +0.06 +4.63%
1893 1.21 +0.05 +4.76%
1892 1.16 +0.05 +5%
1891 1.1 +0.06 +5.26%
1890 1.05 +0.01 +1.16%
1889 1.03 +0.01 +1.08%
1888 1.02 +0.01 +1.09%
1887 1.01 +0.01 +1.1%
1886 1 +0.01 +1.11%
1885 0.99 +0.01 +1.12%
1884 0.98 +0.01 +0.93%
1883 0.97 +0.01 +0.94%
1882 0.96 +0.01 +0.95%
1881 0.95 +0.01 +1.06%
1880 0.94 +0.04 +4.67%
1879 0.9 +0.04 +4.9%
1878 0.86 +0.04 +5.15%
1877 0.82 +0.04 +5.43%
1876 0.77 +0.04 +5.75%
1875 0.73 +0.04 +6.1%
1874 0.69 +0.04 +6.16%
1873 0.65 +0.04 +6.74%
1872 0.61 +0.04 +7.04%
1871 0.57 +0.04 +7.78%
1870 0.53 +0.01 +1.74%
1869 0.52 +0.01 +1.77%
1868 0.51 +0.01 +1.8%
1867 0.5 +0.01 +1.83%
1866 0.49 +0.01 +1.87%
1865 0.48 +0.01 +1.9%
1864 0.47 +0.01 +1.94%
1863 0.46 +0.01 +1.98%
1862 0.46 +0.01 +2.02%
1861 0.45 +0.01 +2.06%
1860 0.44 +0.01 +2.1%
1859 0.43 +0.01 +2.15%
1858 0.42 +0.01 +2.2%
1857 0.41 +0.01 +1.99%
1856 0.4 +0.01 +2.29%
1855 0.39 +0.01 +2.34%
1854 0.38 +0.01 +2.4%
1853 0.38 +0.01 +2.46%
1852 0.37 +0.01 +2.23%
1851 0.36 +0.01 +2.58%
1850 0.35

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.