Is total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square rising or falling in Malta?

Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square in Malta

Name: Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square in Malta
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Malta: Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square was 0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

8th

of 203 countries

All-time high

0.0098 Mt CO2e per square kilometre

in 2008

All-time low

0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2023

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square in Malta, 1970–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

Analysis

Malta recorded 0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre for total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square in Malta peaked at 0.0098 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, in 1970.

Malta ranks 8th 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.

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre in Malta, 1970 to 2023.
Year	Mt CO2e per square kilometre	Change
1970	0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	—
1971	0.0026 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+0.8%
1972	0.0031 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+20.9%
1973	0.003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-3.3%
1974	0.0028 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-7.5%
1975	0.0026 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-8.1%
1976	0.0029 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+12.0%
1977	0.003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+5.3%
1978	0.0034 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+13.8%
1979	0.0033 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-2.2%
1980	0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+9.0%
1981	0.0041 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+11.5%
1982	0.0046 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+13.1%
1983	0.0036 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-22.9%
1984	0.0047 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+32.3%
1985	0.0042 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-11.2%
1986	0.0064 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+54.5%
1987	0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+4.6%
1988	0.0073 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+8.2%
1989	0.0079 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+7.9%
1990	0.0079 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-0.1%
1991	0.0076 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-3.8%
1992	0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-1.2%
1993	0.0095 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+27.1%
1994	0.0086 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-9.6%
1995	0.0082 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-4.7%
1996	0.0081 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-1.9%
1997	0.0085 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+6.1%
1998	0.0083 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-3.3%
1999	0.0084 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+1.8%
2000	0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-10.2%
2001	0.0087 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+15.6%
2002	0.0082 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-6.2%
2003	0.0091 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+11.6%
2004	0.0091 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-0.1%
2005	0.0093 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+1.9%
2006	0.0095 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+2.0%
2007	0.0097 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+2.6%
2008	0.0098 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+0.6%
2009	0.0091 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-7.5%
2010	0.0092 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+1.7%
2011	0.0092 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-0.4%
2012	0.0097 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+6.1%
2013	0.0087 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-10.7%
2014	0.0087 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+0.2%
2015	0.0066 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-24.3%
2016	0.0057 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-13.4%
2017	0.0063 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+10.3%
2018	0.0063 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-0.2%
2019	0.0066 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+5.1%
2020	0.0064 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-2.6%
2021	0.0065 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+0.4%
2022	0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	+8.1%
2023	0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	-0.4%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square 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	+54.5%	0.0042 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0064 Mt CO2e per square kilometre

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0029 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0034 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	10
1980s	0.0053 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0036 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0079 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	10
1990s	0.0083 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0095 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	10
2000s	0.009 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0075 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0098 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	10
2010s	0.0077 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0057 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0097 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	10
2020s	0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.0064 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near Malta

5 Hong Kong 0.0378 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
6 Qatar 0.0136 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
7 Kuwait 0.0094 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
9 South Korea 0.0069 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
10 Maldives 0.0067 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare
11 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0066 Mt CO2e per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 250 places →

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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)
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Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions

What is total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square in Malta?: Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square in Malta was 0.007 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square recorded in Malta?: The highest recorded value was 0.0098 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 2008.
What is the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square recorded in Malta?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in 1970.
How does Malta rank for total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square?: Malta ranks 8th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
Is total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf (mt co2e), per square rising or falling in Malta?: Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. 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 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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How this figure is calculated

Total greenhouse gas emissions 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.

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

Total greenhouse gas emissions 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

Indicator: Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit: Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 250 places, 12,804 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 22 September 2026

Total greenhouse gas emissions 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.