Municipal waste generated per person in Malta
Malta generated 622 kg of municipal waste per person in 2024.
Malta, 2024
622
Change from 2023
+3.2%
European Union, 2024
513 kg per personi (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
498 kg per person
Position in 2024
8th of 33
Municipal waste generated per person in Malta over time
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Kilograms per person per year. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 622 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 603 kg per person | 510 kg per person |
| 2022 | 618 kg per person | 514 kg per person |
| 2021 | 611 kg per person | 534 kg per person |
| 2020 | 642 kg per person | 521 kg per person |
| 2019 | 697 kg per person | 505 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 673 kg per person | 501 kg per person |
| 2017 | 667 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2016 | 643 kg per person | 494 kg per person |
| 2015 | 643 kg per person | 481 kg per person |
| 2014 | 629 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2013 | 604 kg per person | 479 kg per person |
| 2012 | 612 kg per person | 487 kg per person |
| 2011 | 622 kg per person | 499 kg per person |
| 2010 | 623 kg per person | 503 kg per person |
| 2009 | 671 kg per person | 509 kg per person |
| 2008 | 688 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2007 | 677 kg per person | 517 kg per person |
| 2006 | 667 kg per person | 513 kg per person |
| 2005 | 625 kg per person | 506 kg per person |
| 2004 | 633 kg per person | 500 kg per person |
| 2003 | 580 kg per person | 502 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 541 kg per person | 515 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 540 kg per person | 509 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 533 kg per person | 513 kg per personi (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.2% from 603 kg per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 629 kg per person, the figure has changed by −1.1%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 513 kg per person.
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16.9%
2024 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
5,968 kg per person
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Basic drinking water access
100.0%
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Safely managed drinking water
99.8%
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Basic sanitation access
100.0%
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Level of water stress
72.6%
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