Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Malta
Malta: Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) was 84.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Malta, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Malta recorded 84.6% for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Malta peaked at 100.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 84.0%, in 2016.
That places Malta 70th out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Malta, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100.0% | — |
| 1991 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 98.9% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 98.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.7% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 92.3% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 84.0% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 89.6% | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 89.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 88.1% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 86.4% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 84.6% | -2.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 84.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is 61.0%, 1.4× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Malta's 84.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 85.9%, 98% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 84.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 84.6% | 88.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.0% compare
- 68 Uzbekistan 84.8% compare
- 69 Israel 84.8% compare
- 71 Senegal 84.4% compare
- 72 Tuvalu 84.2% compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 84.0% compare
More energy & mining data for Malta
- Ores and metals imports 0.8% (2025)
- 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)
- Gas production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Malta?
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Malta was 84.6% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.0% in 2016.
- How does Malta rank for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources?
- Malta ranks 70th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.