Environment in Malta

2,466 indicators covering environment for Malta.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Forest area 0.47 2025 up 34.3% 239th
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 1.5% 2025 up 34.9% 226th
Share of forest area within protected areas 11.4% 2020 — 130th
Italy — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 2 1000 USD 2018 down 99.5% 119th
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 7 1000 USD 2017 down 46.2% 116th
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 169.87 Index 2024 up 29.6% 8th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 1,106 m3 2018 up 1,282.5% 53rd
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 1 t 2016 down 95.7% 123rd
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 125th
Biodiesel — Energy consumption 483.81 TJ 2024 up 64.3% 40th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Quantity 0 m3 2015 down 100.0% 123rd
Wood pellets — Production 0 t 2024 — 69th
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 196 1000 USD 2018 up 263.0% 58th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st
South Africa — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 1 1000 USD 2018 down 99.8% 123rd
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 690 m3 2018 up 1,625.0% 34th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Value 0 1000 USD 2015 down 100.0% 122nd
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 0.001 t 2024 down 99.9% 96th
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 0.0068 1000 USD 2024 down 99.9% 99th
Japan — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 91 1000 USD 2018 up 49.2% 69th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 0 1000 USD 2018 down 100.0% 53rd
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 337 m3 2018 up 73.7% 77th
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Value 324 1000 USD 2018 up 22.3% 76th
Others (adjustment) — Fibreboard — Export Quantity 2 m3 2014 up 114.3% 67th
Germany — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 41 1000 USD 2018 down 79.2% 89th
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 73.25 t 2006 up 112.1% 77th
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 523 t 2018 down 67.9% 78th
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 580 1000 USD 2018 down 68.1% 78th
Others (adjustment) — Fibreboard — Export Value 0 1000 USD 2014 down 100.0% 58th
Ammonium sulphate — Agricultural Use 231 t 2011 down 84.9% 78th
Insecticides – Pyrethroids — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 — 79th
Cropland area certified organic — Area 0.0629 1000 ha 2024 up 529.0% 102nd
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 31 t 2014 up 416.7% 82nd
Unspecified Area — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 18 1000 USD 2014 up 38.5% 98th
Ozone (O₃) concentration 69 ppb 2015 down 2.8% 25th
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import quantity 0.001 t 2024 down 99.8% 87th
Salts of Pentachlorophenol — Import value 0.2165 1000 USD 2024 down 98.2% 86th
Insecticides – Organo-phosphates — Agricultural Use 0 t 2019 down 100.0% 74th
Russian Federation — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 290 t 2018 down 10.5% 99th
Russian Federation — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 241 1000 USD 2018 down 24.7% 97th
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 13 t 2018 up 160.0% 87th
Switzerland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 77 1000 USD 2018 up 79.1% 70th
India — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1,801 1000 USD 2018 up 527.5% 77th
Coastal protection 72.03 2025 unchanged 88th
Insecticides - nes — Agricultural Use 3 t 2024 — 74th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export quantity 0 t 2016 — 38th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2016 — 37th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export 16 m3 2017 — 110th
Superphosphates, other — Import quantity 0.01 t 2023 down 98.4% 82nd
Superphosphates, other — Import value 0 1000 USD 2023 down 100.0% 85th
Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 30 1000 USD 2018 down 41.2% 101st
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Area 2.81 1000 ha 2024 down 24.1% 84th
Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land 35.01 % 2024 down 3.2% 4th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Export 4 1000 USD 2017 — 100th
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 0 t 2024 — 48th
Biodiesel — Energy production 9.68 TJ 2017 — 48th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Forest 291 1000 USD 2018 down 87.8% 65th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 79.06 million SLC 2023 up 90.4% 76th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 85.49 million USD 2023 up 55.0% 54th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 69.73 million USD 2023 up 42.0% 58th