Environment according to the CIA The World Factbook

Environment - current issues

limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; wildlife preservation

Environment - international agreements

party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Climate

Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers

Land use

agricultural land: 27.3% (2022 est.)

arable land: 24.4% (2022 est.)

permanent crops: 3% (2022 est.)

permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)

forest: 1.4% (2022 est.)

other: 71.2% (2022 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 94.9% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Air pollutants

particulate matter emissions: 12.93 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)

carbon dioxide emissions: 1.34 megatons (2016 est.)

methane emissions: 0.2 megatons (2020 est.)

Waste and recycling

municipal solid waste generated annually: 269,000 tons (2015 est.)

municipal solid waste recycled annually: 17,996 tons (2015 est.)

percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 6.7% (2015 est.)

Total water withdrawal

municipal: 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

industrial: 1 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

agricultural: 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

Total renewable water resources

50 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

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Source

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/malta/#environment