Domestic expenditure in environmental protection by institutional sector and percentage of GDP
Scope
Climate change
Action line
Favourable conditions and Adaptation to Climate Change
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
Global
Correlation with other sets of indicators
Description
The expenditure on environmental protection measures the resources used by resident units in a given period to protect the natural environment. It is calculated as the sum of current expenditure on environmental protection activities and investments for environmental protection activities, including transfers paid to the rest of the world and subtracting transfers received from the rest of the world.
Calculation method
$$\textit{EPE}^{t}=\frac{\textit{Environmental protection expenditure}^{t}}{\textit{GDP}^{t}} \cdot 100$$
, where \(GDP^{t}\) is Gross Domestic Product, in year t.
Unit of measure
Percentage
Source
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Expenditure on environment protection (ISO code: 30088)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations