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Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution (Domestic Currency) by country

This dataset tracks government revenue from taxes imposed on activities that negatively impact the environment. These taxes are categorized into four types: energy taxes (including fuel for transport), transport taxes (excluding fuel for transport), pollution taxes, and resource taxes.

Countries reporting
65
Highest
781.00 billion
Republic of Korea
Lowest
1.47 million
Croatia
Median
504.59 million
Years covered
28
1995–2022
Data points
1,403

What the numbers show

Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution (Domestic Currency) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 781.00 billion in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 1.47 million in Croatia.

The median across all reporting countries is 504.59 million, and the mean is 23.79 billion.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Korea (up 2,915.4%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 88.4%).

Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 781.00 billion 2014 up 2,915.4% volatile
2 Uganda 249.00 billion 2021 up 660.6% volatile
3 Chile 127.00 billion 2019 — volatile
4 Hungary 110.00 billion 2022 up 57.1% volatile
5 Kazakhstan 101.00 billion 2019 — rising
6 China 38.63 billion 2015 up 56.8% rising
7 Japan 28.91 billion 2022 down 19.7% falling
8 Mongolia 19.22 billion 2020 — volatile
9 Iceland 11.35 billion 2022 up 91.3% volatile
10 France 10.45 billion 2022 up 79.7% volatile
11 Serbia 7.48 billion 2016 up 113.5% volatile
12 Ukraine 7.46 billion 2019 — volatile
13 Côte d'Ivoire 7.43 billion 2021 — volatile
14 Armenia 6.96 billion 2020 down 18.7% rising
15 Costa Rica 5.83 billion 2022 up 1,059.2% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.33 billion 2022 up 386.9% volatile
17 Norway 3.46 billion 2022 up 85.4% volatile
18 Sweden 3.37 billion 2022 up 228.9% rising
19 Guyana 2.75 billion 2022 up 156.5% volatile
20 Albania 2.63 billion 2019 — rising
21 Czechia 2.37 billion 2022 up 8.0% falling
22 Denmark 2.18 billion 2022 down 21.4% falling
23 Netherlands 1.68 billion 2022 up 13.4% rising
24 South Africa 1.45 billion 2022 up 403.9% volatile
25 Brazil 1.09 billion 2020 up 32.9% rising
26 Australia 1.03 billion 2021 up 112.8% volatile
27 Israel 906.58 million 2020 up 19.6% rising
28 Mexico 705.00 million 2021 — volatile
29 Cape Verde 675.25 million 2021 up 27.2% volatile
30 Poland 552.00 million 2022 down 26.8% rising
31 Belgium 546.40 million 2022 up 11.2% rising
32 Burkina Faso 513.41 million 2020 — volatile
33 Canada 504.59 million 2020 down 14.0% falling
34 Mauritius 336.87 million 2021 down 33.5% rising
35 Germany 295.00 million 2015 down 13.1% falling
36 Switzerland 266.51 million 2020 up 38.6% rising
37 Malaysia 263.00 million 2022 — falling
38 Senegal 223.11 million 2021 — volatile
39 North Macedonia 165.10 million 2019 — rising
40 Guatemala 131.40 million 2019 — falling
41 Cameroon 129.03 million 2021 up 34.8% volatile
42 Italy 125.00 million 2022 down 20.4% volatile
43 Bhutan 124.00 million 2022 up 148.0% rising
44 Slovenia 117.12 million 2022 up 44.3% volatile
45 Austria 65.97 million 2022 up 24.3% rising
46 Portugal 53.72 million 2022 up 402.0% volatile
47 Ecuador 49.07 million 2022 down 55.7% volatile
48 Estonia 43.03 million 2022 up 36.7% volatile
49 New Zealand 34.00 million 2020 up 9.7% rising
50 Lithuania 33.00 million 2022 up 96.2% rising
51 Malta 31.90 million 2022 up 223.1% volatile
52 Romania 25.30 million 2022 up 12.9% volatile
53 Finland 19.00 million 2022 down 74.8% falling
54 Tunisia 17.87 million 2021 up 3.7% volatile
55 Ireland 17.07 million 2022 down 74.0% volatile
56 Latvia 16.19 million 2022 up 9.3% rising
57 Togo 15.00 million 2021 down 88.4% volatile
58 Slovakia 12.79 million 2022 down 36.3% falling
59 Peru 6.51 million 2022 — volatile
60 San Marino 4.79 million 2020 up 11.4% rising
61 Antigua and Barbuda 4.15 million 2022 up 51.0% volatile
62 Kosovo 4.03 million 2019 — rising
63 Bulgaria 3.75 million 2022 up 59.7% volatile
64 Greece 2.00 million 2019 down 33.3% volatile
65 Croatia 1.47 million 2022 up 24.2% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution (Domestic Currency)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
74 places, 1,403 data points, 1995–2022
Last refreshed

This dataset tracks government revenue from taxes imposed on activities that negatively impact the environment. These taxes are categorized into four types: energy taxes (including fuel for transport), transport taxes (excluding fuel for transport), pollution taxes, and resource taxes.