Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Malaysia
Malaysia: Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Malaysia, 1851–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.6% for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in 2024. That is the highest value across all 174 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Malaysia peaked at 0.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1851.
That places Malaysia 32nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 174 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More reference data data for Malaysia
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- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4538 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Malaysia?
- Global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature in Malaysia was 0.6% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1851.
- How does Malaysia rank for global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature?
- Malaysia ranks 32nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is global warming: contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's temperature change.