Iceland vs Malta: Carbon intensity of energy

Iceland
43.89 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Malta
47.59 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Iceland rank
203rd
Malta rank
202nd

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Iceland
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 47.59 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 43.89 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Iceland, a difference of 3.7 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malta ahead.

Iceland ranks 203rd and Malta ranks 202nd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
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Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.