| Environmental area | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 20201 | 20191 | 20181 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: In the reference years 2018 to 2020, the data on divisions 37 to 39 of the Classifikation of Economic Activities (WZ 2008) were taken from the general investment survey. 2: The environmental area of ambient air protection was subdivided for the first time in the reference year 2020. - = No figures or magnitude zero. | ||||||
| Waste management | 2,854,677 | 2,289,623 | 2,049,197 | 2,767,336 | 2,580,774 | 2,617,528 |
| Wastewater management | 4,578,846 | 4,383,080 | 4,052,567 | 4,596,943 | 4,308,979 | 4,358,633 |
| Noise and vibration abatement | 145,319 | 111,414 | 89,903 | 81,327 | 96,011 | 103,663 |
| Protection of ambient air2 | 1,569,607 | 1,296,130 | 1,010,463 | 808,083 | 770,191 | 620,512 |
| including | ||||||
| protection of ambient air, excluding electric mobility | 995,171 | 873,533 | 709,890 | 655,943 | - | - |
| electric mobility | 574,436 | 422,597 | 300,572 | 152,140 | - | - |
| Protection of biodiversity and landscape | 179,909 | 93,581 | 69,720 | 85,458 | 49,113 | 49,155 |
| Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water | 360,542 | 286,843 | 279,884 | 369,550 | 397,327 | 363,097 |
| Climate protection | 7,487,057 | 4,966,399 | 4,154,539 | 3,364,577 | 3,455,034 | 2,414,138 |
| including | ||||||
| avoidance and reduction of Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions | 900,187 | 635,352 | 481,460 | 457,187 | 500,180 | 289,184 |
| renewable energy use | 4,562,342 | 2,412,788 | 2,044,950 | 1,570,516 | 1,812,683 | 1,093,014 |
| increased energy efficiency and energy saving | 2,024,528 | 1,918,258 | 1,628,129 | 1,336,873 | 1,142,170 | 1,031,940 |
| Total | 17,175,957 | 13,427,069 | 11,706,273 | 12,073,273 | 11,657,427 | 10,526,726 |
As at 12 June 2025