DE · 2021 · ten00141

Environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes

Germany, 2021

Environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes
2.2%
Germany, 2021
▼ 7.1% vs 2020 (2.4%)
Analysis

In 2021, Germany's environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes decreased by 7.1% compared to 2020, reaching 2.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.4%.

Germany ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.6% (from 2.6% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset ten00141, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
93.3%
EU-27: 2.4%
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
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