Municipal waste recycled in Malta
Malta: Municipal waste recycled was 58,000 tonnes in 2023. β² Rising
Municipal waste recycled in Malta, 2000β2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Malta recorded 58,000 tonnes for municipal waste recycled in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 41.5% on the previous year and up 81.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, municipal waste recycled in Malta peaked at 58,000 tonnes in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,000 tonnes, in 2002.
Malta ranks 61st of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,600 tonnes | 10,000 tonnes | 37,000 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,500 tonnes | 23,000 tonnes | 40,000 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,500 tonnes | 36,000 tonnes | 58,000 tonnes | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 58 Peru 80,251 tonnes compare
- 59 Iceland 71,000 tonnes compare
- 60 Chile 60,024 tonnes compare
- 62 State of Palestine 54,800 tonnes compare
- 63 Guadeloupe 34,854 tonnes compare
- 64 Bangladesh 33,550 tonnes compare
More environment data for Malta
- Standard Deviation 0.365 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 32,846 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 32,846 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 424 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 23 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 10,502 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 172 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 55,919 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 13,419 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is municipal waste recycled in Malta?
- Municipal waste recycled in Malta was 58,000 tonnes in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest municipal waste recycled recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 58,000 tonnes in 2023.
- What is the lowest municipal waste recycled recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 tonnes in 2002.
- How does Malta rank for municipal waste recycled?
- Malta ranks 61st out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is municipal waste recycled rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Municipal waste recycled (Tonnes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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