Environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland
Ireland: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.9479 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland stood at 0.9479 Percentage of GDP.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland peaked at 3.16 Percentage of GDP in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.8629 Percentage of GDP, in 2022.
Ireland ranks 70th of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3.16 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 2.95 Percentage of GDP | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 2.99 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 2.9 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 2.92 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 2.74 Percentage of GDP | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 2.28 Percentage of GDP | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 2.27 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 2.27 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 2.42 Percentage of GDP | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 2.3 Percentage of GDP | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 2.26 Percentage of GDP | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 2.43 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 2.43 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 2.34 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.86 Percentage of GDP | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 1.86 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.63 Percentage of GDP | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 1.53 Percentage of GDP | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1.38 Percentage of GDP | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 1.18 Percentage of GDP | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 1.09 Percentage of GDP | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.8629 Percentage of GDP | -20.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8809 Percentage of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9479 Percentage of GDP | +7.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 0.9479 Percentage of GDP is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.54 Percentage of GDP, 61% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 0.9479 Percentage of GDP is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.7 Percentage of GDP, 56% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.97 Percentage of GDP | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | 3.16 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.39 Percentage of GDP | 2.26 Percentage of GDP | 2.74 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.03 Percentage of GDP | 1.38 Percentage of GDP | 2.45 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9923 Percentage of GDP | 0.8629 Percentage of GDP | 1.18 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More economy & growth data for Ireland
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 374.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.96 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0082 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1,078 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 787.03 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Ireland was 0.9479 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.16 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8629 Percentage of GDP in 2022.
- How does Ireland rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Ireland ranks 70th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.