Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Malta
Malta: Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal was 0 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 tonnes per person
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
138th
of 179 countries
All-time high
1.93 tonnes per person
in 1990
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 1971
Years of data
75
1950–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Malta, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Malta is 0 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 75.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Malta peaked at 1.93 tonnes per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 1971.
That places Malta 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Malta, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.1616 tonnes per person | — |
| 1951 | 0.1463 tonnes per person | -9.5% |
| 1952 | 0.0961 tonnes per person | -34.3% |
| 1953 | 0.0829 tonnes per person | -13.8% |
| 1954 | 0.1962 tonnes per person | +136.6% |
| 1955 | 0.1497 tonnes per person | -23.7% |
| 1956 | 0.0454 tonnes per person | -69.6% |
| 1957 | 0.0454 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 0.0556 tonnes per person | +22.5% |
| 1959 | 0.0333 tonnes per person | -40.2% |
| 1960 | 0.0224 tonnes per person | -32.7% |
| 1961 | 0.0221 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.0222 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0222 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0334 tonnes per person | +50.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0112 tonnes per person | -66.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0225 tonnes per person | +101.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0113 tonnes per person | -49.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0227 tonnes per person | +100.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0113 tonnes per person | -50.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0112 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 1972 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1973 | 0.0111 tonnes per person | — |
| 1974 | 0.011 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 1976 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1977 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1978 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1979 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 1980 | 0.0107 tonnes per person | — |
| 1981 | 0.0106 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.1797 tonnes per person | +1590.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3994 tonnes per person | +122.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7107 tonnes per person | +77.9% |
| 1985 | 1.41 tonnes per person | +98.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9287 tonnes per person | -34.1% |
| 1987 | 1.15 tonnes per person | +23.4% |
| 1988 | 1.53 tonnes per person | +33.7% |
| 1989 | 1.88 tonnes per person | +22.7% |
| 1990 | 1.93 tonnes per person | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 1.55 tonnes per person | -19.7% |
| 1992 | 1.29 tonnes per person | -16.4% |
| 1993 | 1.88 tonnes per person | +45.0% |
| 1994 | 1.26 tonnes per person | -32.6% |
| 1995 | 0.32 tonnes per person | -74.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +59.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -31.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -37.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +132.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -44.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +61.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 tonnes per person | +64.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -64.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 0 tonnes per person | -41.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +59.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +33.7% |
| 2012 | 0 tonnes per person | -74.5% |
| 2013 | 0 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | +106.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0 tonnes per person | -49.0% |
| 2017 | 0 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0 tonnes per person | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0 tonnes per person | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 2022 | 0 tonnes per person | — |
| 2023 | 0 tonnes per person | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 0 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.2688 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0176 tonnes per person, 0% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +1590.7% | 0.0106 tonnes per person | 0.1797 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1013 tonnes per person | 0.0333 tonnes per person | 0.1962 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0201 tonnes per person | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 0.0334 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0033 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8206 tonnes per person | 0.0106 tonnes per person | 1.88 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8232 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 1.93 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 135 Guinea 0.0002 tonnes per person compare
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- 141 Andorra 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Angola 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Aruba 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Bahrain 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Chad 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Congo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Curacao 0 tonnes per person
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- 141 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Fiji 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Greenland 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Guyana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Libya 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Liechtenstein 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Macao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Mauritania 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Samoa 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person
- 141 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Togo 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Tonga 0 tonnes per person
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- 141 Tunisia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Uganda 0 tonnes per person
- 141 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Malta
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 611,521 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 109.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 21.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 87.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0824 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 4.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4.53 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0784 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0171 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Malta?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Malta was 0 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 tonnes per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 1971.
- How does Malta rank for per capita co₂ emissions from coal?
- Malta ranks 138th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from coal rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.