Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta
Malta: Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person was 69.7 kilowatt-hours in 2020. ▲ Rising
Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta, 1995–2020
Source: Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
Malta recorded 69.7 kilowatt-hours for production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in 2020.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta peaked at 86 kilowatt-hours in 2015 and was at its lowest, 35.7 kilowatt-hours, in 1995.
Malta ranks 9th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 35.7 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 45.6 kilowatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1997 | 46.6 kilowatt-hours | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 38.3 kilowatt-hours | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 45.3 kilowatt-hours | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 48.2 kilowatt-hours | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 47.2 kilowatt-hours | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 49.9 kilowatt-hours | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 53.1 kilowatt-hours | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 53.9 kilowatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 57.8 kilowatt-hours | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 57.1 kilowatt-hours | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 61.7 kilowatt-hours | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 60.2 kilowatt-hours | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 62.2 kilowatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 68.1 kilowatt-hours | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 56.3 kilowatt-hours | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 55.8 kilowatt-hours | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 63.7 kilowatt-hours | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 56.4 kilowatt-hours | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 86 kilowatt-hours | +52.5% |
| 2016 | 65.2 kilowatt-hours | -24.2% |
| 2017 | 84 kilowatt-hours | +28.8% |
| 2018 | 76.3 kilowatt-hours | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 72.8 kilowatt-hours | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 69.7 kilowatt-hours | -4.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 69.7 kilowatt-hours is above the median for high income countries, which is 54.35 kilowatt-hours, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.3 kilowatt-hours | 35.7 kilowatt-hours | 46.6 kilowatt-hours | 5 |
| 2000s | 55.13 kilowatt-hours | 47.2 kilowatt-hours | 62.2 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.46 kilowatt-hours | 55.8 kilowatt-hours | 86 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.7 kilowatt-hours | 69.7 kilowatt-hours | 69.7 kilowatt-hours | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -9.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 21.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta?
- Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person in Malta was 69.7 kilowatt-hours in 2020, according to Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 86 kilowatt-hours in 2015.
- What is the lowest production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.7 kilowatt-hours in 1995.
- How does Malta rank for production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 43 countries with data for 2020.
- Is production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) energy use measures domestic energy use minus energy used to produce exported goods, plus energy used to produce imported goods. Measured in megawatt-hours.