Environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa
South Africa: Environmentally related tax revenue was 1.83 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa, 1994–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1.83 Percentage of GDP for environmentally related tax revenue in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa peaked at 2.12 Percentage of GDP in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.23 Percentage of GDP, in 2008.
South Africa ranks 28th of 123 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 1.54 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.65 Percentage of GDP | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | +29.1% |
| 1999 | 2.07 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 1.87 Percentage of GDP | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 1.76 Percentage of GDP | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 1.58 Percentage of GDP | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 1.56 Percentage of GDP | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.56 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.53 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.44 Percentage of GDP | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 1.23 Percentage of GDP | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 1.36 Percentage of GDP | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 1.52 Percentage of GDP | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 1.59 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 1.67 Percentage of GDP | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 1.72 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.75 Percentage of GDP | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.85 Percentage of GDP | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 1.85 Percentage of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.94 Percentage of GDP | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 1.96 Percentage of GDP | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1.92 Percentage of GDP | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 1.99 Percentage of GDP | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 1.83 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | 1.49 Percentage of GDP | 2.12 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.55 Percentage of GDP | 1.23 Percentage of GDP | 1.87 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.79 Percentage of GDP | 1.52 Percentage of GDP | 2.02 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 Percentage of GDP | 1.74 Percentage of GDP | 1.99 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 7,985 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2409 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 1,589 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 2.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 4.31 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 28,432 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in South Africa was 1.83 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 Percentage of GDP in 1998.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- How does South Africa rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- South Africa ranks 28th out of 123 countries with data for 2023.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.