TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇲🇾 Malaysia
World rank #26 · Asia · Same as 94.6 million cars driven for a year
94.6 million
cars driven for a year
435 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2.4%/yr
Malaysia ranks #26 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 435 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#26 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
52Malakoff Corporation Bhd= 6M cars/yr27.4 Mt CO₂eNEW58TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd= 5.7M cars/yr26.3 Mt CO₂eNEW182Jimah East Power Sdn Bhd= 2.8M cars/yr12.8 Mt CO₂eNEW220Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd= 1.3M cars/yr6 Mt CO₂eNEW286Jimah Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd= 1.9M cars/yr9 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (32)
332Sarawak Energy Bhd= 1.6M cars/yr7.2 Mt CO₂eNEW333Eastern Steel Sdn Bhd= 965k cars/yr4.4 Mt CO₂eNEW380Tenaga Nasional Bhd= 1.5M cars/yr6.9 Mt CO₂eNEW381Tenaga Nasional Bhd= 1.5M cars/yr6.9 Mt CO₂eNEW477Petroliam Nasional Bhd= 1M cars/yr4.7 Mt CO₂eNEW517Edra Energy Sdn Bhd= 1M cars/yr4.8 Mt CO₂eNEW560Malayan Cement Bhd= 943k cars/yr4.3 Mt CO₂eNEW668Southern Power Generation Sdn Bhd= 665k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW669Pengerang Power Sdn Bhd= 662k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW763Panglima Power Sdn Bhd= 525k cars/yr2.4 Mt CO₂eNEW789TNB Prai Sdn Bhd= 495k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW792Malaysia Steel Works (KL) Bhd= 246k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW923Press Metal Samalaju= 404k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW940Negeri Sembilan Cement Industries Sdn Bhd= 357k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1034Sejingkat Power Corp Sdn Bhd= 292k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1163Teknologi Tenaga Perlis Consortium Sdn Bhd= 232k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1179TNB Connaught Bridge Sdn Bhd= 217k cars/yr998.6 kt CO₂eNEW1194Hume Cement Sdn Bhd= 241k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1312PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd= 169k cars/yr777.6 kt CO₂eNEW1333Tasek Corporation Bhd= 163k cars/yr751.7 kt CO₂eNEW1367Kuala Langat Power Plant Sdn Bhd= 135k cars/yr620.6 kt CO₂eNEW1368Worldwide Holdings Bhd= 135k cars/yr620.6 kt CO₂eNEW1379Ranhill Holdings Bhd= 132k cars/yr607.1 kt CO₂eNEW1432Shandong Hengyuan Petrochemical Co Ltd= 116k cars/yr534.3 kt CO₂eNEW1443Balingian Energy Minerals Sdn Bhd= 113k cars/yr519.1 kt CO₂eNEW1468YTL Cement Bhd= 105k cars/yr481 kt CO₂eNEW1533ConocoPhillips Corp= 80.4k cars/yr369.9 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manjung power station | Power | 26.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Tanjung Bin power station | Power | 19.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Jimah East power station | Power | 12.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Sultan Aziz power station | Power | 11.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Jimah power station | Power | 9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Port Klang | Transport | 6.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Alliance Steel Kuantan plant | Manufacturing | 6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Belaga District | Forestry & Land | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Transport | 5.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Alor Gajah (Melaka) power station | Power | 4.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Kinabatangan District | Forestry & Land | 4.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Eastern Steel Kemaman plant | Manufacturing | 3.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Beluran District | Forestry & Land | 3.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Balingian New power station | Power | 3.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Tajong Pelepas Container Port | Transport | 3.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population