Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) in Malta
Malta: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) was 0.0066 Mt CO2e in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) in Malta, 1970–2024
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in Mt CO2e.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) in Malta is 0.0066 Mt CO2e, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) in Malta peaked at 0.0066 Mt CO2e in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 Mt CO2e, in 1985.
That places Malta 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) in Malta, year by year
| Year | Mt CO2e | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | — |
| 1971 | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0016 Mt CO2e | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0016 Mt CO2e | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0018 Mt CO2e | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | -52.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0029 Mt CO2e | +222.2% |
| 1987 | 0.003 Mt CO2e | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0033 Mt CO2e | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0036 Mt CO2e | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0038 Mt CO2e | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | +15.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0055 Mt CO2e | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0041 Mt CO2e | -25.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0054 Mt CO2e | +31.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0051 Mt CO2e | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0048 Mt CO2e | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.004 Mt CO2e | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0037 Mt CO2e | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0035 Mt CO2e | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0037 Mt CO2e | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0042 Mt CO2e | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0042 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0043 Mt CO2e | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0048 Mt CO2e | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0042 Mt CO2e | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0045 Mt CO2e | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0051 Mt CO2e | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0056 Mt CO2e | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0052 Mt CO2e | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0062 Mt CO2e | +19.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0066 Mt CO2e | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0066 Mt CO2e | +0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.0066 Mt CO2e is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0866 Mt CO2e, 8% of the median. (71 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.0066 Mt CO2e is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1715 Mt CO2e, 4% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 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 | +222.2% | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 0.0029 Mt CO2e |
| 1985 | -52.6% | 0.0019 Mt CO2e | 0.0009 Mt CO2e |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0015 Mt CO2e | 0.0014 Mt CO2e | 0.0017 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0022 Mt CO2e | 0.0009 Mt CO2e | 0.0032 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | 0.0033 Mt CO2e | 0.0055 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.004 Mt CO2e | 0.0031 Mt CO2e | 0.0048 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | 0.0044 Mt CO2e | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0059 Mt CO2e | 0.0049 Mt CO2e | 0.0066 Mt CO2e | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 155 Seychelles 0.0076 Mt CO2e compare
- 156 Burundi 0.0072 Mt CO2e compare
- 156 Somalia 0.0072 Mt CO2e compare
- 159 Djibouti 0.0061 Mt CO2e compare
- 160 Cape Verde 0.0058 Mt CO2e compare
- 160 French Polynesia 0.0058 Mt CO2e compare
- 160 Liberia 0.0058 Mt CO2e compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) in Malta?
- Nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) in Malta was 0.0066 Mt CO2e in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
- What is the highest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0066 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- What is the lowest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 Mt CO2e in 1985.
- How does Malta rank for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy)?
- Malta ranks 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from transport (energy) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the transportation sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.3.a Civil Aviation, 1.A.3.b_noRES Road Transportation no resuspension, 1.A.3.c Railways, 1.A.3.d Water-borne Navigation, 1.A.3.e Other Transportation. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).