Recycling rate of municipal waste in Malta
Malta recycled 16.9% of its municipal waste in 2024.
Malta, 2024
16.9%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
European Union, 2024
49.4%i (Source flag i)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
45.8%
Position in 2024
28th of 32
Recycling rate of municipal waste in Malta over time
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% of municipal waste generated. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.9% | 49.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2023 | 17.4% | 47.9% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | 49.1% |
| 2021 | 13.6% | 49.7% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | 48.5% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | 47.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2018 | 10.4% | 46.4% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | 45.9% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | 44.9% |
| 2014 | 11.7% | 43.4% |
| 2013 | 12.5% | 41.5% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | 40.9% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | 38.9% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | 38.0% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | 37.3% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | 36.6% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | 35.2% |
| 2006 | 13.7% | 33.2%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2005 | 9.1% | 32.5%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2004 | 6.3% | 31.8%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2003 | 6.5% | 31.1%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2002 | 4.7% | 30.4%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2001 | 9.0% | 28.7%i (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) |
| 2000 | 9.6% | 27.3%i (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 −0.5 percentage points from 17.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.7%, the figure has changed by +5.2 percentage points.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 28th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 49.4%.
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