Coal consumption in Malta
Malta: Coal consumption was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
132nd
of 220 countries
All-time high
1.5 terawatt-hours
in 1990
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2022
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Coal consumption in Malta, 1980–2024
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2024, coal consumption in Malta stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal consumption in Malta peaked at 1.5 terawatt-hours in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2022.
That places Malta 132nd out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coal consumption in Malta, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0264 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0.0848 terawatt-hours | +220.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1432 terawatt-hours | +68.8% |
| 1983 | 0.2863 terawatt-hours | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5176 terawatt-hours | +80.8% |
| 1985 | 0.6608 terawatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8039 terawatt-hours | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 1 terawatt-hours | +24.7% |
| 1988 | 1.38 terawatt-hours | +37.4% |
| 1989 | 1.31 terawatt-hours | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 1.5 terawatt-hours | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 1.34 terawatt-hours | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 1.13 terawatt-hours | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 1.14 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.15 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.2079 terawatt-hours | -81.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0038 terawatt-hours | -98.2% |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | -99.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0044 terawatt-hours | +79400.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0027 terawatt-hours | -38.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0014 terawatt-hours | -47.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0002 terawatt-hours | -89.4% |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | -93.4% |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | +166.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0014 terawatt-hours | +5372.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 terawatt-hours | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0011 terawatt-hours | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0014 terawatt-hours | +23.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 terawatt-hours | -49.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0011 terawatt-hours | +56.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 terawatt-hours | -78.7% |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | -95.9% |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0027 terawatt-hours | +36735.6% |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | +2357.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 terawatt-hours | +1262.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 terawatt-hours | -49.6% |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | -98.2% |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | +45.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 terawatt-hours | +5409.1% |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | -77.0% |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6207 terawatt-hours | 0.0264 terawatt-hours | 1.38 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6475 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.5 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0009 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0014 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0027 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0002 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 129 Cuba 0.0018 terawatt-hours compare
- 130 Azerbaijan 0.0008 terawatt-hours compare
- 131 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Côte d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Timor-Leste 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Macau, China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Naoero 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Palestine, State of 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Réunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 132 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 132 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Malta
- Fuel imports 21.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 0.7% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 0.7% (2024)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal consumption in Malta?
- Coal consumption in Malta was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest coal consumption recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5 terawatt-hours in 1990.
- What is the lowest coal consumption recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2022.
- How does Malta rank for coal consumption?
- Malta ranks 132nd out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coal consumption rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coal consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.