Malta Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
2,243,619
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.83%
increase
Global Share
< 0.01%
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 6.56 t).
- Malta accounts for < 0.01% 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% | < 0.01% |
| 2023 | 2,225,222 | 1,787,740 | 236,795 | 41,071 | 159,616 | 5.09 | −0.44% | < 0.01% |
| 2022 | 2,235,005 | 1,796,342 | 234,612 | 41,840 | 162,211 | 5.13 | 8.07% | < 0.01% |
| 2021 | 2,068,151 | 1,627,445 | 233,538 | 39,580 | 167,588 | 4.74 | 0.35% | < 0.01% |
| 2020 | 2,060,938 | 1,620,433 | 233,991 | 38,854 | 167,660 | 4.74 | −2.57% | < 0.01% |
| 2019 | 2,115,264 | 1,673,013 | 232,202 | 40,053 | 169,995 | 4.88 | 5.14% | < 0.01% |
| 2018 | 2,011,798 | 1,567,379 | 221,986 | 38,470 | 183,962 | 4.66 | −0.23% | < 0.01% |
| 2017 | 2,016,420 | 1,558,190 | 218,722 | 38,429 | 201,079 | 4.68 | 10.32% | < 0.01% |
| 2016 | 1,827,776 | 1,365,483 | 227,780 | 39,727 | 194,787 | 4.26 | −13.38% | < 0.01% |
| 2015 | 2,110,198 | 1,672,230 | 211,512 | 41,948 | 184,509 | 4.93 | −24.31% | < 0.01% |
| 2014 | 2,787,854 | 2,369,379 | 193,591 | 44,952 | 179,931 | 6.55 | 0.18% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 2,782,983 | 2,382,716 | 180,973 | 44,990 | 174,304 | 6.58 | −10.74% | 0.01% |
| 2012 | 3,117,849 | 2,724,410 | 183,094 | 47,187 | 163,157 | 7.41 | 6.09% | 0.01% |
| 2011 | 2,938,739 | 2,581,833 | 171,816 | 47,537 | 137,553 | 7.02 | −0.36% | 0.01% |
| 2010 | 2,949,411 | 2,594,705 | 189,422 | 50,525 | 114,759 | 7.09 | 1.73% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 2,899,170 | 2,518,531 | 226,360 | 49,906 | 104,373 | 7 | −7.47% | 0.01% |
| 2008 | 3,133,217 | 2,732,650 | 255,293 | 55,331 | 89,942 | 7.6 | 0.64% | 0.01% |
| 2007 | 3,113,192 | 2,723,449 | 258,316 | 53,991 | 77,436 | 7.59 | 2.56% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 3,035,464 | 2,659,429 | 255,062 | 55,220 | 65,753 | 7.43 | 1.99% | 0.01% |
| 2005 | 2,976,305 | 2,634,858 | 246,811 | 55,462 | 39,174 | 7.32 | 1.94% | 0.01% |
| 2004 | 2,919,613 | 2,606,854 | 234,424 | 52,378 | 25,959 | 7.21 | −0.05% | 0.01% |
| 2003 | 2,921,207 | 2,613,540 | 231,821 | 54,533 | 21,313 | 7.24 | 11.6% | 0.01% |
| 2002 | 2,617,597 | 2,324,230 | 220,499 | 50,801 | 22,066 | 6.52 | −6.19% | 0.01% |
| 2001 | 2,790,463 | 2,494,913 | 219,206 | 55,633 | 20,711 | 6.99 | 15.56% | 0.01% |
| 2000 | 2,414,826 | 2,134,986 | 205,911 | 51,991 | 21,938 | 6.09 | −10.19% | 0.01% |
| 1999 | 2,688,776 | 2,417,736 | 199,915 | 54,674 | 16,452 | 6.83 | 1.75% | 0.01% |
| 1998 | 2,642,516 | 2,383,951 | 188,863 | 54,213 | 15,489 | 6.77 | −3.34% | 0.01% |
| 1997 | 2,733,920 | 2,477,078 | 186,131 | 56,030 | 14,681 | 7.06 | 6.11% | 0.01% |
| 1996 | 2,576,499 | 2,331,231 | 178,080 | 52,939 | 14,249 | 6.71 | −1.88% | 0.01% |
| 1995 | 2,625,869 | 2,385,932 | 169,111 | 57,584 | 13,241 | 6.9 | −4.65% | 0.01% |
| 1994 | 2,754,012 | 2,515,514 | 168,648 | 59,102 | 10,748 | 7.3 | −9.62% | 0.01% |
| 1993 | 3,047,138 | 2,813,291 | 164,642 | 60,786 | 8,418 | 8.15 | 27.14% | 0.01% |
| 1992 | 2,396,614 | 2,175,978 | 158,534 | 55,395 | 6,707 | 6.47 | −1.18% | 0.01% |
| 1991 | 2,425,323 | 2,218,228 | 148,715 | 54,558 | 3,821 | 6.6 | −3.75% | 0.01% |
| 1990 | 2,519,875 | 2,321,898 | 140,607 | 54,792 | 2,578 | 6.91 | −0.06% | 0.01% |
| 1989 | 2,521,325 | 2,328,398 | 138,103 | 53,417 | 1,407 | 6.98 | 7.93% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 2,336,100 | 2,147,749 | 136,212 | 51,068 | 1,072 | 6.52 | 8.22% | 0.01% |
| 1987 | 2,158,725 | 1,974,718 | 134,185 | 48,880 | 941 | 6.07 | 4.6% | 0.01% |
| 1986 | 2,063,834 | 1,883,671 | 131,838 | 47,353 | 974 | 5.86 | 54.55% | 0.01% |
| 1985 | 1,335,409 | 1,169,302 | 126,420 | 39,500 | 187 | 3.82 | −11.21% | < 0.01% |
| 1984 | 1,504,004 | 1,338,260 | 125,373 | 40,049 | 322 | 4.35 | 32.3% | 0.01% |
| 1983 | 1,136,816 | 981,010 | 120,047 | 35,458 | 301 | 3.32 | −22.89% | < 0.01% |
| 1982 | 1,474,318 | 1,323,162 | 115,785 | 35,112 | 259 | 4.34 | 13.09% | 0.01% |
| 1981 | 1,303,662 | 1,155,818 | 114,402 | 33,088 | 354 | 3.88 | 11.53% | < 0.01% |
| 1980 | 1,168,870 | 1,021,058 | 115,910 | 31,868 | 34 | 3.51 | 9.04% | < 0.01% |
| 1979 | 1,071,943 | 918,940 | 120,372 | 32,631 | 0 | 3.24 | −2.2% | < 0.01% |
| 1978 | 1,096,014 | 942,601 | 120,878 | 32,534 | 0 | 3.34 | 13.84% | < 0.01% |
| 1977 | 962,769 | 809,146 | 121,334 | 32,288 | 0 | 2.95 | 5.27% | < 0.01% |
| 1976 | 914,595 | 764,929 | 118,535 | 31,131 | 0 | 2.82 | 11.97% | < 0.01% |
| 1975 | 816,852 | 677,955 | 110,685 | 28,213 | 0 | 2.53 | −8.09% | < 0.01% |
| 1974 | 888,769 | 753,063 | 107,459 | 28,247 | 0 | 2.76 | −7.49% | < 0.01% |
| 1973 | 960,744 | 822,416 | 108,746 | 29,582 | 0 | 2.99 | −3.31% | < 0.01% |
| 1972 | 993,586 | 856,312 | 107,642 | 29,632 | 0 | 3.1 | 20.86% | < 0.01% |
| 1971 | 822,098 | 683,091 | 109,909 | 29,097 | 0 | 2.57 | 0.85% | < 0.01% |
| 1970 | 815,175 | 683,090 | 104,163 | 27,921 | 0 | 2.55 | – | < 0.01% |
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).