Canada vs Malta: Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita
Canada
1.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Malta
2.07 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Canada rank
16th
Malta rank
13th
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita over time
- Canada
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 2.07 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 1.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Canada, a difference of 0.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 16th and Malta ranks 13th of 163 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Malta in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.55 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.92 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.67 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.25 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.43 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.52 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.083 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Malta |
| 2010s | 2.14 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.54 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.3933 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Malta |
| 2020s | 1.91 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.19 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.2776 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher energy intensity vs. gdp per capita, Canada or Malta?
- Malta, at 2.07 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 1.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Canada as of 2022.
- What is the difference in energy intensity vs. gdp per capita between Canada and Malta?
- 0.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Malta?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Canada and Malta rank globally for energy intensity vs. gdp per capita?
- Canada ranks 16th and Malta ranks 13th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.