Revenues from environmental taxes in the European Union stood at 341.5 billion euros in 2023, compared to 334.6 billion euros in 2022, representing an increase of 2.1% (6.9 billion euros), according to data published on Tuesday by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), according to Agerpres.
Despite this increase, the share of environmental taxes in EU GDP decreased from 2.4% in 2010 to 2% in 2023. Over the same period, revenues from environmental taxes as a share of total government revenues from taxes and social contributions decreased from 6.3% to 5.1%.
In 2023, corporations generated the most revenue from environmental taxes at EU level, accounting for 49.4% of the total. The largest share of contributions came from companies in industry, construction, mining and utilities (23.6%) and the services segment (25.8%).
At national level, corporations contributed on average half of total tax revenues in most EU Member States, with the highest share in the Czech Republic (81.2%), Estonia (80.3%) and Romania (79.1%), and the lowest in Austria (33.6%), Luxembourg (34.9%) and Ireland (38%).
Households contributed 48.3% of total revenue from environmental taxes. In 15 EU Member States, households paid over 40% of total revenue from environmental taxes, ranging from 41.5% in Hungary to 60.3% in Ireland.
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