Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia
Malaysia: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 0.9% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia stood at 0.9%.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 77.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2014.
Malaysia ranks 85th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +19.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +70.3% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -30.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -40.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +67.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -19.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | +31.8% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | +2.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3%, 2.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +70.3% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| 2018 | +67.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More energy & mining data for Malaysia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 12.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Malaysia was 0.9% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- How does Malaysia rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Malaysia ranks 85th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from bioenergy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.