Malaysia Energy - 2022

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2020)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 34.959 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 150.062 billion kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 669 million kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 19 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 12.124 billion kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 87.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 0.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 10.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 2.977 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 35.268 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 17,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 37.295 million metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 226 million metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 593,800 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 718,600 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 303,600 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 182,300 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 3.6 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

528,300 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

208,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

304,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 74,985,350,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 39,586,915,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 34,197,548,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

imports: 4,008,073,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 1,189,306,000,000 cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

254.764 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 81.726 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 94.934 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 78.104 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

123.755 million Btu/person (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Malaysia on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malaysia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malaysia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.