Transport Statistics 2023 (Reference year 2022)
Date Published: 12th March 2024
Summary:
The Transport Statistics publication – 2023 edition, is yet another in the series
of NSO’s publications on transport. As with previous editions, it presents a
collection of detailed statistics on passenger and freight transport by road,
sea, and air during 2022. The myriad of data and information provided make
this publication valuable for various stakeholders, including businesses, urban
planning experts, and port management consultants.
The detailed commentaries accompanied by statistical tables, charts and spatial maps depict a better picture on the salient aspects of this publication. Furthermore, the statistics provided also show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the presented years.
Salient Points of Publication:
Air Transport
In 2022 …
… passenger traffic at the MIA reached a total of 5,861,640.
… Italy and the UK remained the two most popular destinations in terms of total passengers’ movement, registering 1,322,699 and 1,060,264 passenger movements respectively.
Sea Transport
In 2022 …
… the stock of vessels registered under the Maltese flag amounted to 8,644.
… cruise liner embarkations from Malta increased by 63,187 and passenger landings in Malta increased by 62,359 over 2021.
… the average rate of passengers and vehicles per trip crossing between Malta and Gozo amounted to 140 and 48 respectively.
… Passengers carried between Valletta and The Three Cities totalled 421,944, while those carried between Valletta and Sliema totalled 688,487.
Road Transport
In 2022 …
… the number of reported traffic accidents increased by 1,578 over the previous year, reaching 15,713, with 34.2% of these accidents recorded in the Northern Harbour district.
… traffic casualties increased by 5.0% over 2021.
… injuries sustained by 11 drivers, one passenger, 15 pedestrians and a horse sulky rider proved fatal.
… the stock of licensed motor vehicles increased at an average net rate of 33 vehicles per day.
… passenger cars accounted for 74.7% of total licensed motor vehicles but e-kick scooters registered the largest increase over 2021.
… 58.7% of total licensed motor vehicles had petrol engines.
… alternative powered motor vehicles registered an increase of 54.9% over 2021.
… newly licensed motor vehicles amounted to 23,016, or 9.4% more than 2021.
… 66.5% of newly licensed motor vehicles were new.
… the number of licensed motor vehicles per 1,000 residents went down to 784 from 794 in 2021.
… Gozo and Comino district registered the highest number of vehicles per 1,000 residents at 1,053, whereas the Northern Harbour registered the lowest ratio with 673 vehicles per 1,000 residents.
… a total of 309 vehicles were stolen, an increase of 27.2% over 2021.
… a total of 308,444 transport-related contraventions were issued by the Police, Wardens and Transport Malta. Speed cameras’ contraventions totalled 50,782 or an average of 139 per day.
… 36.8% of total driving licence holders were aged between 40 and 59 years.
… Public Transport commuters totalled 49,222,425 an increase of 39.8% over 2021.
… passenger cars were driven the most with 2,321 million km or 79.5% of the total distance travelled.
