Environment in Malaysia

3,643 indicators covering environment for Malaysia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of land covered by forest 57.5% 2025 down 3.0% 40th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 86.04 USD/m3 2023 up 40.3% 69th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 167.18 USD/m3 2023 up 57.6% 44th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 3.44 % 2023 up 9.2% 127th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 47,672 t 2024 down 18.8% 18th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 25,002 1000 USD 2024 down 5.4% 35th
Particle board — Production 100,000 m3 2024 down 38.7% 55th
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 166,490 t 2024 down 49.7% 29th
NPK fertilizers — Import value 105,948 1000 USD 2024 down 34.8% 22nd
Land use 8.24 million hectares 2023 up 6.0% 41st
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 48th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 3 1000 USD 2024 down 95.3% 44th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 1.57 % 2023 up 9.0% 97th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 0.84 % 2023 up 9.1% 114th
Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.0337 t per person 2024 down 13.7% 39th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 1.03 % 2023 up 9.6% 79th
Urea — Import value 63,022 1000 USD 2024 down 57.0% 53rd
Urea — Import quantity 157,083 t 2024 down 63.5% 50th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 7.97 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% 25th
Hardboard — Export quantity 24,224 m3 2024 up 283.7% 28th
Hardboard — Export value 13,430 1000 USD 2024 up 355.7% 27th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 6.6 t per square kilometre 2023 up 53.4% 25th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 286,694 t 2024 up 44,906.9% 3rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 46,327 1000 USD 2024 up 2,724.8% 3rd
Recovered paper — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.9% 14th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 4,055 m3 2024 up 1.1% 72nd
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 1,041 1000 USD 2024 down 20.0% 78th
Other fibreboard — Production 0 m3 2024 38th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0.0685 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 87.5% 92nd
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import value 486,047 1000 USD 2024 down 7.0% 5th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (No breakdown) — Value 67.22 USD/m3 2023 up 50.2% 37th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import quantity 56,239 t 2024 down 71.7% 34th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Import value 29,442 1000 USD 2024 down 62.6% 29th
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Import quantity 1.64 million t 2024 up 0.8% 5th
Ammonium sulphate — Import quantity 879,926 t 2024 up 16.7% 3rd
Ammonium sulphate — Import value 133,022 1000 USD 2024 up 1.3% 4th
Potassium nitrate — Import quantity 8,088 t 2024 down 37.7% 22nd
Potassium nitrate — Import value 14,234 1000 USD 2024 up 29.5% 19th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 1.34 USD/m3 2023 up 26.4% 32nd
Forest area by type: naturally regenerating vs. planted 2.36 million hectares 2025 up 38.1% 25th
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import quantity 4,532 t 2024 down 37.0% 46th
Ammonia, anhydrous — Import value 4,088 1000 USD 2024 down 30.7% 44th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import quantity 76,684 t 2024 down 5.3% 31st
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Import value 43,263 1000 USD 2024 up 23.1% 33rd
Other NP compounds — Import quantity 87,856 t 2024 down 45.9% 16th
Other NP compounds — Import value 42,317 1000 USD 2024 down 22.7% 16th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import value 59,250 1000 USD 2024 up 170.6% 18th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import value 5,199 1000 USD 2024 down 68.3% 40th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Import quantity 93,640 t 2024 up 83.1% 17th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Import quantity 10,122 t 2024 down 77.0% 34th
Share using safely managed drinking water 94.7% 2024 up 1.0% 60th
People not using safely managed drinking water sources 1.88 million people 2024 down 1.4% 59th
Drinking water service usage 94.7% 2024 up 1.0% 60th
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 5.84 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 up 0.3% 41st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 9.02 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 8.6% 78th
Other potassic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 250,913 t 2024 down 5.3% 1st
Other potassic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 75,621 1000 USD 2024 down 22.2% 1st
PK compounds — Import value 15,393 1000 USD 2024 up 183.7% 5th
PK compounds — Import quantity 22,159 t 2024 up 43.4% 9th
Sodium nitrate — Import value 2,981 1000 USD 2024 up 76.1% 11th