Environmentally related tax revenue accounts by country
This dataset presents the data collected from OECD and partner economies on environmentally related tax revenue accounts with a breakdown by tax-base category and industrial activity. Taxes levied on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are explicitly reported in two sub-categories: an energy related part (recorded as an...
What the numbers show
Environmentally related tax revenue accounts is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 19.68 million US dollar in Canada; the lowest is 44 US dollar in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,761 US dollar, and the mean is 572,883 US dollar.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 199.7%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 50.2%).
Environmentally related tax revenue accounts: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 19.68 million US dollar | 2020 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 23,963 US dollar | 2022 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 70,261 US dollar | 2022 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 19,260 US dollar | 2022 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 2 | Croatia | 2,392 US dollar | 2022 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 3 | France | 56,567 US dollar | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 14,880 US dollar | 2021 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 4 | Italy | 47,348 US dollar | 2022 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 4 | Slovenia | 1,721 US dollar | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Spain | 21,618 US dollar | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 1,078 US dollar | 2022 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 12,938 US dollar | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 913 US dollar | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 12,192 US dollar | 2022 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 874 US dollar | 2022 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Switzerland | 10,585 US dollar | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 9,454 US dollar | 2022 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 8,816 US dollar | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 11 | Norway | 8,075 US dollar | 2022 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 7,294 US dollar | 2022 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 13 | Finland | 6,909 US dollar | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 4,894 US dollar | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 4,761 US dollar | 2022 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 4,628 US dollar | 2022 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 4,306 US dollar | 2022 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Czechia | 4,233 US dollar | 2022 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 3,366 US dollar | 2020 | — | rising |
| 20 | Hungary | 3,258 US dollar | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 2,454 US dollar | 2021 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 1,000 US dollar | 2022 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 23 | Cyprus | 642 US dollar | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 24 | Iceland | 488 US dollar | 2019 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Malta | 302 US dollar | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 280 US dollar | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 27 | Liechtenstein | 44 US dollar | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 39,151 US dollar
- Slovak Republic 2,303 US dollar
About this data
This dataset presents the data collected from OECD and partner economies on environmentally related tax revenue accounts with a breakdown by tax-base category and industrial activity. Taxes levied on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are explicitly reported in two sub-categories: an energy related part (recorded as an energy tax) and a non-energy related part, such as certain GHG emissions related to landfills or agriculture (recorded as a pollution tax). Four "memo items" (i.e. information items that do not change the total) are included: (i) Certain land taxes; (ii) Taxes on oil and natural gas extraction; (iii) Taxes on the resource rent; (iv) Elevated value added taxes levied on environmentally related tax-bases. The OECD ERTR accounts are consistent with the existing data collection by Eurostat and are in line with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Central Framework (SEEA-CF). The dataset is updated on a biennial basis. For EU countries, it includes the information on ERTR accounts reported to Eurostat. Dataset release date: 2026 July Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org For further details on the dataset consult: OECD (2023), Methodological Guidelines for Environmentally Related Tax Revenue Accounts, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/d752d120-en.