Environmentally related tax revenue in China
China: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.6038 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising
Environmentally related tax revenue in China, 1998–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
China recorded 0.6038 Percentage of GDP for environmentally related tax revenue in 2021.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in China peaked at 1.41 Percentage of GDP in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3791 Percentage of GDP, in 2000.
That places China 82nd out of 123 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in China, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.4299 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1999 | 0.414 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3791 Percentage of GDP | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6279 Percentage of GDP | +65.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7082 Percentage of GDP | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 0.795 Percentage of GDP | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8306 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8109 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8257 Percentage of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.828 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7972 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.27 Percentage of GDP | +59.7% |
| 2010 | 1.41 Percentage of GDP | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 1.34 Percentage of GDP | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 1.38 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.34 Percentage of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1.3 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.2 Percentage of GDP | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 1.09 Percentage of GDP | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 1.11 Percentage of GDP | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6533 Percentage of GDP | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6434 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6273 Percentage of GDP | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6038 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.6038 Percentage of GDP is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8578 Percentage of GDP, 70% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- China's 0.6038 Percentage of GDP is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.657 Percentage of GDP, 92% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +65.6% | 0.3791 Percentage of GDP | 0.6279 Percentage of GDP |
| 2009 | +59.7% | 0.7972 Percentage of GDP | 1.27 Percentage of GDP |
| 2018 | -41.1% | 1.11 Percentage of GDP | 0.6533 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4219 Percentage of GDP | 0.414 Percentage of GDP | 0.4299 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7876 Percentage of GDP | 0.3791 Percentage of GDP | 1.27 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 Percentage of GDP | 0.6434 Percentage of GDP | 1.41 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6156 Percentage of GDP | 0.6038 Percentage of GDP | 0.6273 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near China
More economy & growth data for China
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -0.8795 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.46 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0029 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 39.69 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.8948 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 28.98 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in China?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in China was 0.6038 Percentage of GDP in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3791 Percentage of GDP in 2000.
- How does China rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- China ranks 82nd out of 123 countries with data for 2021.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.