Environmentally related tax revenue in Germany
Germany: Environmentally related tax revenue was 1.68 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Environmentally related tax revenue in Germany, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for environmentally related tax revenue in Germany is 1.68 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Germany peaked at 2.6 Percentage of GDP in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.59 Percentage of GDP, in 2022.
That places Germany 31st out of 123 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2.38 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 2.22 Percentage of GDP | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 2.13 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 2.23 Percentage of GDP | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 2.31 Percentage of GDP | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 2.47 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 2.6 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 2.41 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 2.16 Percentage of GDP | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2.23 Percentage of GDP | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 2.15 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 2.09 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.03 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.96 Percentage of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.89 Percentage of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 1.83 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 1.73 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.67 Percentage of GDP | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.77 Percentage of GDP | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 1.61 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.68 Percentage of GDP | +4.3% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 1.68 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.54 Percentage of GDP, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Germany's 1.68 Percentage of GDP is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.7 Percentage of GDP, 99% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.23 Percentage of GDP | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | 2.38 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | 2.14 Percentage of GDP | 2.6 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.91 Percentage of GDP | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | 2.15 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.66 Percentage of GDP | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | 1.77 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
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Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Germany?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Germany was 1.68 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 Percentage of GDP in 2003.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.59 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- How does Germany rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Germany ranks 31st out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.