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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · ENVIRONMENT · 2024
How does Malaysia's per-person CO₂ footprint compare across ASEAN?
World Bank 2024 carbon-dioxide emissions excluding LULUCF per capita for all 11 ASEAN members.
SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
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2024
1Brunei Darussalam20.2CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
2Singapore9.8CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
3Malaysia8.3CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
4Viet Nam4.3CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
5Thailand4CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
6Lao PDR3.4CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
7Indonesia2.9CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
8Philippines1.5CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
9Cambodia1.1CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
10Myanmar0.6CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
11Timor-Leste0.5CO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
WBWorld BankCO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
SourceWorld Bank ↗2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia records 8.3 t CO₂e per person on the World Bank 2024 series; that is a footprint measure, not a climate-policy verdict.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita compares the same World Bank 2024 indicator across all 11 ASEAN members. Values are territorial carbon-dioxide emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), divided by population. Higher values mean more emissions per person on this measure; they are not a standalone climate-policy score.
- Malaysia records 8.3 t CO₂e per person and is 3/11 when ASEAN members are ordered from highest to lowest emissions per capita.
- Brunei Darussalam records 20.2 and Singapore 9.8; Viet Nam is 4.3 and Thailand 4.0.
- The World Bank world benchmark shown for 2024 is 4.7 t CO₂e per person.
- Per-capita emissions differ from total national emissions, consumption-based emissions and net emissions including land-use removals.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidencePopulation, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
- 2TransformationPulseKita compares the same World Bank 2024 indicator across all 11 ASEAN members. Values are territorial carbon-dioxide emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), divided by population. Higher values mean more emissions per person on this measure; they are not a standalone climate-policy score.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2024
UNITCO₂ emissions excluding LULUCF per person
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026