Malta
Capital: Valletta · High income · Pop. 568,847
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Malta, 99.83% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 967 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 100% use safely managed sanitation services and 100% have at least a basic service (2024).
Malta has about 95 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 73% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 35% of Malta's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Malta have safe drinking water?
99.83% of Malta's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 967 people do not.
Does Malta have enough freshwater?
Malta has roughly 95 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 73% of it annually (medium stress).