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Land & water data

Explore data on water availability, consumption, land cover and development to understand how Malta’s land and water resources are changing.

Land use

Utilised agricultural area

10,310 ha (2024)

Area under organic farming

0.77% of agricultural area (2024)

Agricultural sustainability – trend score

4.0 / 5 (2024)

Legally protected land and inland surface waters

29.22% (2024)

Forest area

1.47% of total land area (2025)

Water consumption and supply

Change in national water consumption from previous year 

+6.4% (2024)

Network water losses

8.7% (2024)

Safely managed drinking-water services

99.8% of population (2024)

Water stress and reuse

Freshwater withdrawal as share of available resources

53.0% (2024)

New Water supplied to agriculture

1.6 million m³ (2023)

New Water polishing plants

3 plants

New Water production capacity

Approximately 7 million m³/year

Verify the data

Greening Malta aims to make data accessible, transparent, and easy to understand. The figures presented on this page reflect the latest available reporting year for each indicator, with most data covering the period 2023–2025. As some indicators are updated less frequently than others, reporting years may vary between measures.
 

For more detailed information, users are encouraged to consult the original source documents provided below.


Data sources used

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International water data indicators from AQUASTAT and United Nations databases, detailing precipitation, renewable water per capita, sectoral usage, and drinking water access
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