Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Malta
Malta: Heating Degree Days, gaps filled was 642.54 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Malta, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Malta recorded 642.54 for heating degree days, gaps filled in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.0% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, heating degree days, gaps filled in Malta peaked at 1,344 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 642.54, in 2024.
Malta ranks 87th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Heating Degree Days, gaps filled in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,078 | — |
| 1961 | 1,065 | -1.2% |
| 1962 | 1,170 | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 1,138 | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 1,062 | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,264 | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 1,173 | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 1,182 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 1,093 | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 1,172 | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 1,062 | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 1,235 | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 1,137 | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 1,332 | +17.2% |
| 1974 | 1,234 | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 1,213 | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,326 | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 999.67 | -24.6% |
| 1978 | 1,230 | +23.0% |
| 1979 | 1,138 | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 1,344 | +18.1% |
| 1981 | 1,318 | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 1,181 | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 1,182 | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,239 | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 1,094 | -11.7% |
| 1986 | 1,174 | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 1,228 | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 1,069 | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 996.62 | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 928.23 | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 1,248 | +34.4% |
| 1992 | 1,138 | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 1,179 | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 947.87 | -19.6% |
| 1995 | 1,095 | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 1,017 | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 1,006 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 1,124 | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 1,132 | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,054 | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 968.93 | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 928.25 | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 1,124 | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 1,060 | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,257 | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 1,076 | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 833.85 | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 934.09 | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 1,024 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 875.52 | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 984.91 | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 1,081 | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 993.95 | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 865.97 | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 1,034 | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 765.12 | -26.0% |
| 2017 | 1,010 | +32.0% |
| 2018 | 803.35 | -20.4% |
| 2019 | 1,065 | +32.6% |
| 2020 | 827.93 | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 866.01 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 980.51 | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 813.3 | -17.1% |
| 2024 | 642.54 | -21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,140 | 1,062 | 1,264 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,191 | 999.67 | 1,332 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,183 | 996.62 | 1,344 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,082 | 928.23 | 1,248 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,026 | 833.85 | 1,257 | 10 |
| 2010s | 947.77 | 765.12 | 1,081 | 10 |
| 2020s | 826.06 | 642.54 | 980.51 | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0.0011 units per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is heating degree days, gaps filled in Malta?
- Heating degree days, gaps filled in Malta was 642.54 in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,344 in 1980.
- What is the lowest heating degree days, gaps filled recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 642.54 in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for heating degree days, gaps filled?
- Malta ranks 87th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is heating degree days, gaps filled rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Heating Degree Days, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Heating Degree Days World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
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
Heating Degree Days with 237 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.