Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Malta
Malta: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 169.87 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Malta, 1995–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Malta stood at 169.87 Index. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Malta peaked at 169.87 Index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.25 Index, in 1995.
That places Malta 8th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.48 Index | 70.25 Index | 86.77 Index | 5 |
| 2000s | 118.98 Index | 100 Index | 135.35 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 137.92 Index | 123.31 Index | 168.83 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 159.81 Index | 152.13 Index | 169.87 Index | 5 |
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- 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)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -30.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.76 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.82 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.2364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Malta?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Malta was 169.87 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 169.87 Index in 2024.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.25 Index in 1995.
- How does Malta rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Malta ranks 8th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste generated. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in amounts of municipal waste generated (including household waste), and the treatment and disposal method used. The amount of waste generated in each country is related to the rate of urbanisation, the types and pattern of consumption, household revenue and lifestyles. Data source(s): OECD Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaire (jointly collected with Eurostat) for OECD countries. UNSD, Country Files from the UNSD/UNEP data collection on environment statistics (available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) for non-OECD countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: March, 2026 Database documentation