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Environment & climate

Waste generation, environmental protection expenditure, environmental taxes and material consumption, drawn from Eurostat's environmental accounts (env_*) and the SDG climate dataset.

EU-27 average

2.1%

Range (min)

1.0%

Range (max)

3.8%

Countries covered

27/27

Environment & climate across the EU

Latest values for Environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes (2024) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.

Finland: 2.2 FI 2.2 Sweden: 1.6 SE 1.6 Denmark: 2.1 DK 2.1 Estonia: 2.6 EE 2.6 Ireland: 1.0 IE 1.0 Netherlands: 3.0 NL 3.0 Germany: 1.8 DE 1.8 Poland: 3.0 PL 3.0 Latvia: 2.5 LV 2.5 Belgium: 2.2 BE 2.2 Luxembourg: 1.2 LU 1.2 Czechia: 1.4 CZ 1.4 Slovakia: 1.9 SK 1.9 Lithuania: 1.8 LT 1.8 France: 1.9 FR 1.9 Austria: 1.9 AT 1.9 Hungary: 2.0 HU 2.0 Romania: 2.4 RO 2.4 Portugal: 2.0 PT 2.0 Spain: 1.6 ES 1.6 Italy: 2.8 IT 2.8 Slovenia: 2.8 SI 2.8 Bulgaria: 3.0 BG 3.0 Cyprus: 2.1 CY 2.1 Malta: 1.4 MT 1.4 Croatia: 3.4 HR 3.4 Greece: 3.8 EL 3.8
1.0 3.8

Top 10 · highest environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes

  1. 1Greece3.8%
  2. 2Croatia3.4%
  3. 3Poland3.0%
  4. 4Netherlands3.0%
  5. 5Bulgaria3.0%
  6. 6Slovenia2.8%
  7. 7Italy2.8%
  8. 8Estonia2.6%
  9. 9Latvia2.5%
  10. 10Romania2.4%

Bottom 10 · lowest environmental tax revenues as share of total taxes

  1. 27Ireland1.0%
  2. 26Luxembourg1.2%
  3. 25Malta1.4%
  4. 24Czechia1.5%
  5. 23Sweden1.6%
  6. 22Spain1.6%
  7. 21Germany1.8%
  8. 20Lithuania1.8%
  9. 19France1.9%
  10. 18Slovakia1.9%

Snapshot year 2024 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 2.1%

All indicators in this topic

Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.

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Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (15 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API