Electricity demand per person in Malta
Malta: Electricity demand per person was 5,922 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity demand per person in Malta, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
Malta recorded 5,922 kilowatt-hours for electricity demand per person in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity demand per person in Malta peaked at 5,922 kilowatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3,017 kilowatt-hours, in 1990.
Malta ranks 51st of 214 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,070 kilowatt-hours | 3,017 kilowatt-hours | 4,661 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,261 kilowatt-hours | 4,801 kilowatt-hours | 5,514 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,256 kilowatt-hours | 4,992 kilowatt-hours | 5,391 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,514 kilowatt-hours | 4,959 kilowatt-hours | 5,922 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 48 Puerto Rico 6,265 kilowatt-hours compare
- 49 Germany 6,188 kilowatt-hours compare
- 50 Kazakhstan 6,050 kilowatt-hours compare
- 52 Portugal 5,805 kilowatt-hours compare
- 53 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,799 kilowatt-hours compare
- 54 Spain 5,744 kilowatt-hours compare
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)
- Fuel exports 10.1% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 8.3% (2023)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 53.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity demand per person in Malta?
- Electricity demand per person in Malta was 5,922 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity demand per person recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 5,922 kilowatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity demand per person recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,017 kilowatt-hours in 1990.
- How does Malta rank for electricity demand per person?
- Malta ranks 51st out of 214 regions with data for 2025.
- Is electricity demand per person rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.