What percentage of Malta's exports go to other countries?

From a continental perspective, 54.1% of Malta’s exports by value was delivered to fellow European countries while 24.8% were sold to importers in Asia. Malta shipped another 9.35% worth of goods to buyers in Africa.

How many electricity plants are there in Malta?

Malta has four electricity plants operational and the total combined nominal installed capacity is 537.8 MW. The Malta–Sicily Interconnector, which has been in operation since April 2015, allows for an electricity link between the Maltese Islands and the Italian electricity market has bidirectional flow capacity of 200 MW.

Does Malta use natural gas?

Natural gas has only been used for generation on Malta since CCGT systems were installed at Delimara Power Station in 2015, before which oil was the main fuel used. Oil has been the primary fuel for electricity generation for many decades before 2015, although Malta also possessed coal generation capacity from 1980 until 1996.

How reliance on exports affect Malta's economic performance in 2024?

That 9.3% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2024 compares to 10.1% for 2023. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Malta’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

How does Malta use organic waste to generate electricity?

As part of organic waste treatment, Malta's waste management company Wasteserv uses the country's organic waste in an anaerobic digester plant to generate biogas for electricity production. So far this has reached a capacity of 2.58GWh of electricity in 2021

How much did Malta Export in 2024?

A Southern European island nation in the Mediterranean Sea near Italy, Tunisia and Libya, the Republic of Malta shipped US$3.78 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2024. That dollar amount reflects a 33.6% increase compared to $2.83 billion five years earlier in 2020.