In 2024, environmental tax revenue in the EU amounted to €371.9 billion compared with €350.4 billion in 2023, marking a 6.1% increase (+€21.4 billion).
Despite this increase, the share of environmental taxes in the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined from 2.5% in 2014 to 2.1% in 2024. Over the same period, environmental tax revenue as a share of the total government revenue from taxes and social contributions fell from 6.1% to 5.1%.
Energy taxes were the main source of environmental taxes in the EU, reaching €287.0 billion in 2024, up from €269.3 billion in the year before. Transport taxes followed with €67.0 billion in 2024, from €64.0 billion in 2023, while taxes on pollution and resources totalled €17.9 billion, compared with €17.2 billion in 2023.
Environmental tax revenues in the EU, 2014-2024 (billion €). Stacked bar chart withe energy, transport and polution and resources. Full link to the dataset below. (....)