Environmentally related tax revenue in Australia
Australia: Environmentally related tax revenue was 1.49 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▼ Falling
Environmentally related tax revenue in Australia, 1994–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for environmentally related tax revenue in Australia is 1.49 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Australia peaked at 2.98 Percentage of GDP in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.49 Percentage of GDP, in 2022.
Australia ranks 42nd of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2.7 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 2.81 Percentage of GDP | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 2.74 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 2.98 Percentage of GDP | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 2.87 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 2.9 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 2.54 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 2.35 Percentage of GDP | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 2.25 Percentage of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 2.2 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.06 Percentage of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 2.57 Percentage of GDP | +24.6% |
| 2013 | 2.47 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 2.08 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.01 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1.93 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1.84 Percentage of GDP | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 1.82 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 1.58 Percentage of GDP | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.83 Percentage of GDP | 2.7 Percentage of GDP | 2.98 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.37 Percentage of GDP | 2.04 Percentage of GDP | 2.59 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | 1.82 Percentage of GDP | 2.57 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.57 Percentage of GDP | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9423 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 61,369 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), annual growth rate 1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), per unit of GDP 1.51 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU), per capita 98,362 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate -3.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Australia?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Australia was 1.49 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.98 Percentage of GDP in 1997.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.49 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Australia ranks 42nd out of 123 countries with data for 2023.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.