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Carbon intensity of electricity — Malta

Carbon intensity of electricity in Malta in 2025 — 484 g/kWh. Ranked 60 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 26.2%.

2025 484 g/kWh −0.93% vs 2024
World rank 60of 91
Period maximum 660 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 484 g/kWh2025

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Malta, 2000–20254505005506006507002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 656 g/kWh2001: 660 g/kWh2002: 659 g/kWh2003: 656 g/kWh2004: 658 g/kWh2005: 656 g/kWh2006: 659 g/kWh2007: 657 g/kWh2008: 658 g/kWh2009: 659 g/kWh2010: 659 g/kWh2011: 659 g/kWh2012: 648 g/kWh2013: 646 g/kWh2014: 636 g/kWh2015: 608 g/kWh2016: 558 g/kWh2017: 527 g/kWh2018: 513 g/kWh2019: 517 g/kWh2020: 507 g/kWh2021: 505 g/kWh2022: 500 g/kWh2023: 494 g/kWh2024: 489 g/kWh2025: 484 g/kWh
Change over the period: −172 (−26.24%) Average annual rate: -1.21 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malta

Malta 484 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 309 g/kWh
Southern Europe computed 255 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 484 −5 −0.93%
2024 489 −5 −1.02%
2023 494 −6 −1.28%
2022 500 −5 −0.89%
2021 505 −2 −0.49%
2020 507 −10 −1.92%
2019 517 +4 +0.82%
2018 513 −15 −2.77%
2017 527 −31 −5.53%
2016 558 −50 −8.15%
2015 608 −28 −4.39%
2014 636 −10 −1.62%
2013 646 −2 −0.28%
2012 648 −11 −1.69%
2011 659 +0 +0.03%
2010 659 −0 −0.03%
2009 659 +1 +0.15%
2008 658 +1 +0.23%
2007 657 −3 −0.42%
2006 659 +3 +0.46%
2005 656 −1 −0.21%
2004 658 +1 +0.21%
2003 656 −2 −0.35%
2002 659 −1 −0.19%
2001 660 +4 +0.54%
2000 656 — —

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PT Portugal 128 ES Spain 154 HR Croatia 159 SI Slovenia 183 ME Montenegro 264 IT Italy 285 GR Greece 324 MK North Macedonia 406 MT Malta 484 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 573 RS Serbia 696 XK Kosovo 903
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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