Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) in Malta
Malta: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) was 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) in Malta, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Mt CO2e per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) in Malta stood at 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) in Malta peaked at 0.0088 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, in 1975.
Malta ranks 10th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) in Malta, year by year
| Year | Mt CO2e per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0027 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +25.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0026 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0024 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0024 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0029 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0029 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0032 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0036 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0041 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +14.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0031 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -25.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0042 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +36.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0059 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +61.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0069 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0068 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0088 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +29.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0079 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0077 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0076 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0078 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0082 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0081 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0082 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0083 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0079 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0081 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0081 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0074 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0074 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0052 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0043 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -18.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0049 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0049 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0052 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0051 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0051 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | -0.5% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0005 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, 11.1× the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, 19.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +61.1% | 0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0059 Mt CO2e per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0029 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0048 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0031 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0068 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0088 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.008 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0064 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0043 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0051 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 7 Kuwait 0.0062 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
- 8 South Korea 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
- 9 Maldives 0.006 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
- 11 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
- 12 Bermuda 0.0048 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
- 13 Netherlands 0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Malta
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8868 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) in Malta?
- Carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) in Malta was 0.0056 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0088 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 1993.
- What is the lowest carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0021 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 1975.
- How does Malta rank for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
- Malta ranks 10th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.