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Environmental taxes in Austria 2000 - 2024

Energy and transport taxes constitute the largest components of environmental taxes in Austria. Revenue increased overall between 2000 and 2019, declined in 2020, and then resumed its upward trend, reaching a record high of around EUR 10.3 billion in 2024.

While environmental tax revenues have grown in absolute terms, relative indicators show a downward trend. The share of environmental taxes in GDP fell from just under 3% in the early 2000s to around 2% in 2024. Their share of total taxes and social contributions also declined steadily from peak levels in the mid-2000s to approximately 4.8% in 2024.

The structure of environmental taxes has remained largely unchanged: energy and transport taxes account for the vast majority of revenues, while resource taxes and pollution taxes make only a comparatively small contribution.

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Environmental protection expenditures in Austria 1995 - 2021

The diagram describes the results from the environmental protection expenditures accounts for the period 1995 to 2021. Overall, environmental protection expenditures in Austria in 2021 amounted to around 14.6 billion euros. This corresponds to an increase in annual environmental protection expenditures of around 141 % compared to 1995. In the shorter observation period from 2010, the increase in annual environmental protection expenditures compared to 2021 is around 30 %. The largest increase, at around 50 %, can be seen in the area of ​​waste management, followed by the area of ​​protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water with around 18%. Annual environmental protection expenditures for other environmental protection activities decreased between 2010 and 2021, namely by around 252 million euros when comparing these two years.

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