Malta
MLTGas overtook oil on Malta's grid in 2017.
Today gas supplies 83% and oil 1%.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 5 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Malta depends heavily on its neighbours for power.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Malta
Malta generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
51% of grids in Europe draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
Malta generates no wind electricity at all, in a region built on it.
49% of grids in Europe draw more than a tenth of their power from wind.
Malta is second in Europe for gas.
Gas supplies 83% of its electricity.
Malta’s neighbours
TunisiaTunisia gets next to none of its electricity from hydro, in a region built on it.
ItalyItaly has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
AlbaniaAlbania runs one of the cleanest grids in the world.
MontenegroHydro overtook coal on Montenegro's grid in 2023.
GreeceSolar overtook wind on Greece's grid in 2025.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Malta. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.