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Malta

Location

  • Geographical region: Southern Europe, Europe
  • SDG region: SDG Europe and Northern America

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 320 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 32% agriculture, 1% forest and 67% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 523,417 people (2022)
  • Population density: 1642 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 95% lives in urban areas and 5% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 20,602,817,870 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 39,362 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 0% from agriculture, 76% from services and 12% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Malta

  • Drinking water

    100 % of the population in Malta uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    88 % of the population in Malta uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    --- % of the population in Malta has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    1 % of domestic wastewater in Malta is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    --- % of monitored water bodies in Malta has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    186 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Malta (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    82 % of the renewable water resources in Malta is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    86 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Malta (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    n/a of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    100 % of the water basins in Malta is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    n/a is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Malta in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    --- is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Malta (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Malta, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Malta, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Malta, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Malta, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Malta, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Malta (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Malta, by source (2015 - 2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Malta (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Malta, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 560 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 117 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 146 m3 per capita (2016)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Malta, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Malta, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Malta, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Malta, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Malta, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Malta, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Malta

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Malta, progress over time, by sub-sector