Malta Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
2.243.619
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0,83%
increase
Global Share
0%
Per Capita
5,12
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Malta were 2.243.619 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 0,83% over the previous year, representing an increase by 18.397 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 2.225.222 tons.
- Per capita: 5,12 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Malta accounts for 0% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.243.619 | 1.808.332 | 238.880 | 40.778 | 155.630 | 5,12 | 0,83% | 0,0042% |
| 2023 | 2.225.222 | 1.787.740 | 236.795 | 41.071 | 159.616 | 5,09 | −0,44% | 0,0042% |
| 2022 | 2.235.005 | 1.796.342 | 234.612 | 41.840 | 162.211 | 5,13 | 8,07% | 0,0043% |
| 2021 | 2.068.151 | 1.627.445 | 233.538 | 39.580 | 167.588 | 4,74 | 0,35% | 0,0040% |
| 2020 | 2.060.938 | 1.620.433 | 233.991 | 38.854 | 167.660 | 4,74 | −2,57% | 0,0042% |
| 2019 | 2.115.264 | 1.673.013 | 232.202 | 40.053 | 169.995 | 4,88 | 5,14% | 0,0042% |
| 2018 | 2.011.798 | 1.567.379 | 221.986 | 38.470 | 183.962 | 4,66 | −0,23% | 0,0040% |
| 2017 | 2.016.420 | 1.558.190 | 218.722 | 38.429 | 201.079 | 4,68 | 10,32% | 0,0041% |
| 2016 | 1.827.776 | 1.365.483 | 227.780 | 39.727 | 194.787 | 4,26 | −13,38% | 0,0038% |
| 2015 | 2.110.198 | 1.672.230 | 211.512 | 41.948 | 184.509 | 4,93 | −24,31% | 0,0044% |
| 2014 | 2.787.854 | 2.369.379 | 193.591 | 44.952 | 179.931 | 6,55 | 0,18% | 0,0057% |
| 2013 | 2.782.983 | 2.382.716 | 180.973 | 44.990 | 174.304 | 6,58 | −10,74% | 0,0058% |
| 2012 | 3.117.849 | 2.724.410 | 183.094 | 47.187 | 163.157 | 7,41 | 6,09% | 0,0066% |
| 2011 | 2.938.739 | 2.581.833 | 171.816 | 47.537 | 137.553 | 7,02 | −0,36% | 0,0063% |
| 2010 | 2.949.411 | 2.594.705 | 189.422 | 50.525 | 114.759 | 7,09 | 1,73% | 0,0065% |
| 2009 | 2.899.170 | 2.518.531 | 226.360 | 49.906 | 104.373 | 7 | −7,47% | 0,0067% |
| 2008 | 3.133.217 | 2.732.650 | 255.293 | 55.331 | 89.942 | 7,6 | 0,64% | 0,0072% |
| 2007 | 3.113.192 | 2.723.449 | 258.316 | 53.991 | 77.436 | 7,59 | 2,56% | 0,0072% |
| 2006 | 3.035.464 | 2.659.429 | 255.062 | 55.220 | 65.753 | 7,43 | 1,99% | 0,0072% |
| 2005 | 2.976.305 | 2.634.858 | 246.811 | 55.462 | 39.174 | 7,32 | 1,94% | 0,0073% |
| 2004 | 2.919.613 | 2.606.854 | 234.424 | 52.378 | 25.959 | 7,21 | −0,05% | 0,0074% |
| 2003 | 2.921.207 | 2.613.540 | 231.821 | 54.533 | 21.313 | 7,24 | 11,6% | 0,0077% |
| 2002 | 2.617.597 | 2.324.230 | 220.499 | 50.801 | 22.066 | 6,52 | −6,19% | 0,0072% |
| 2001 | 2.790.463 | 2.494.913 | 219.206 | 55.633 | 20.711 | 6,99 | 15,56% | 0,0077% |
| 2000 | 2.414.826 | 2.134.986 | 205.911 | 51.991 | 21.938 | 6,09 | −10,19% | 0,0067% |
| 1999 | 2.688.776 | 2.417.736 | 199.915 | 54.674 | 16.452 | 6,83 | 1,75% | 0,0077% |
| 1998 | 2.642.516 | 2.383.951 | 188.863 | 54.213 | 15.489 | 6,77 | −3,34% | 0,0076% |
| 1997 | 2.733.920 | 2.477.078 | 186.131 | 56.030 | 14.681 | 7,06 | 6,11% | 0,0079% |
| 1996 | 2.576.499 | 2.331.231 | 178.080 | 52.939 | 14.249 | 6,71 | −1,88% | 0,0075% |
| 1995 | 2.625.869 | 2.385.932 | 169.111 | 57.584 | 13.241 | 6,9 | −4,65% | 0,0078% |
| 1994 | 2.754.012 | 2.515.514 | 168.648 | 59.102 | 10.748 | 7,3 | −9,62% | 0,0084% |
| 1993 | 3.047.138 | 2.813.291 | 164.642 | 60.786 | 8.418 | 8,15 | 27,14% | 0,0094% |
| 1992 | 2.396.614 | 2.175.978 | 158.534 | 55.395 | 6.707 | 6,47 | −1,18% | 0,0074% |
| 1991 | 2.425.323 | 2.218.228 | 148.715 | 54.558 | 3.821 | 6,6 | −3,75% | 0,0075% |
| 1990 | 2.519.875 | 2.321.898 | 140.607 | 54.792 | 2.578 | 6,91 | −0,06% | 0,0078% |
| 1989 | 2.521.325 | 2.328.398 | 138.103 | 53.417 | 1.407 | 6,98 | 7,93% | 0,0079% |
| 1988 | 2.336.100 | 2.147.749 | 136.212 | 51.068 | 1.072 | 6,52 | 8,22% | 0,0075% |
| 1987 | 2.158.725 | 1.974.718 | 134.185 | 48.880 | 941 | 6,07 | 4,6% | 0,0071% |
| 1986 | 2.063.834 | 1.883.671 | 131.838 | 47.353 | 974 | 5,86 | 54,55% | 0,0070% |
| 1985 | 1.335.409 | 1.169.302 | 126.420 | 39.500 | 187 | 3,82 | −11,21% | 0,0046% |
| 1984 | 1.504.004 | 1.338.260 | 125.373 | 40.049 | 322 | 4,35 | 32,3% | 0,0052% |
| 1983 | 1.136.816 | 981.010 | 120.047 | 35.458 | 301 | 3,32 | −22,89% | 0,0041% |
| 1982 | 1.474.318 | 1.323.162 | 115.785 | 35.112 | 259 | 4,34 | 13,09% | 0,0053% |
| 1981 | 1.303.662 | 1.155.818 | 114.402 | 33.088 | 354 | 3,88 | 11,53% | 0,0047% |
| 1980 | 1.168.870 | 1.021.058 | 115.910 | 31.868 | 34 | 3,51 | 9,04% | 0,0041% |
| 1979 | 1.071.943 | 918.940 | 120.372 | 32.631 | 0 | 3,24 | −2,2% | 0,0037% |
| 1978 | 1.096.014 | 942.601 | 120.878 | 32.534 | 0 | 3,34 | 13,84% | 0,0039% |
| 1977 | 962.769 | 809.146 | 121.334 | 32.288 | 0 | 2,95 | 5,27% | 0,0035% |
| 1976 | 914.595 | 764.929 | 118.535 | 31.131 | 0 | 2,82 | 11,97% | 0,0034% |
| 1975 | 816.852 | 677.955 | 110.685 | 28.213 | 0 | 2,53 | −8,09% | 0,0032% |
| 1974 | 888.769 | 753.063 | 107.459 | 28.247 | 0 | 2,76 | −7,49% | 0,0035% |
| 1973 | 960.744 | 822.416 | 108.746 | 29.582 | 0 | 2,99 | −3,31% | 0,0038% |
| 1972 | 993.586 | 856.312 | 107.642 | 29.632 | 0 | 3,1 | 20,86% | 0,0041% |
| 1971 | 822.098 | 683.091 | 109.909 | 29.097 | 0 | 2,57 | 0,85% | 0,0035% |
| 1970 | 815.175 | 683.090 | 104.163 | 27.921 | 0 | 2,55 | – | 0,0035% |
See also
- Malta CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Malta
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).