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Environmental Economic Accounting

The environmental economic accounts (EAA) provide a comprehensive view of the interactions between the environment and the economy.

Date: July 25, 2022 57.2 billion euros of revenue from environmental taxes in 2021

Environmental tax revenue totalled 57.2 billion euros in 2021. This is a slight increase of 0.2% on the previous year. Environmental taxes accounted for 7.5% of total cash tax revenue in 2021.

Date: June 30, 2020 Environment-related tax revenue at 60.7 billion euros in 2019

The environment-related tax revenue totalled 60.7 billion euros in 2019.

Press release No. 546 of 19 December 2022 New record volume of household waste generated in 2021

The volume of waste produced by households in Germany continued to rise in 2021. 483 kilograms of household waste per capita were collected according to provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was an increase by 6 …

Press release No. 542 of 16 December 2022 Household consumption of housing energy down 0.9% in 2020

Households in Germany consumed less housing energy in the first Covid-19 year of 2020 than in 2019 although people spent more time at home on account of the pandemic. The temperature adjusted consumption of housing energy amounted to a total of 715 …

Press release No. 524 of 9 December 2022 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2021 down 9% on 2020

The potential greenhouse effect of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used in Germany in 2021 (FCs, HFCs, blends) fell by 9% on 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the volume of fluorinated greenhouse gases used declined …

Press release No. 510 of 2 December 2022 Energy consumption in transport down by a fifth in 2020

Transport was responsible for a good fifth (21.4%, or 2,562 petajoules) of German energy consumption in 2020. Energy consumption in transport thus dropped by 18.4% compared with 2019, when it had accounted for nearly a fourth (24.1%) of total energy …

Press release No. 437 of 12 October 2022 CO₂ emission intensity of German businesses decreased again in 2020

The total CO₂ emission intensity of all economic sectors amounted to 205 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per 1,000 euros of gross value added in 2020, which is 8.4% less than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …

Press release No. 433 of 11 October 2022 Number of accidents involving water-hazardous substances decreased once again in 2021

1,979 accidents involving water-hazardous substances were registered in Germany in 2021. The number of such accidents thus fell once again from a year earlier (-2.2%), reaching the lowest level recorded since the start of the time series. 16.1 …

Press release No. 418 of 4 October 2022 Electric mobility accounting for almost 30% of turnover in air quality control

In 2020, the establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of roughly 11.7 billion euros from goods and services for air quality control, or 14.8% of total turnover in environmental protection (78.9 billion …

Date: September 30, 2022 Water management

Tables on the subject: Regular inspection duties and and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities.

Press release No. 409 of 26 September 2022 Number of green jobs up 2.0% in 2020

In 2020, approximately 311,000 people (measured in full-time equivalents) in Germany had green jobs and produced goods and services to protect the environment. Compared with 2019, the number of green jobs rose by 6,000, or 2.0%, according to the …

Press release No. 405 of 22 September 2022 Industry increases environmental investments by 3.6% in 2020

Enterprises in industry (excluding construction) invested just under 12.1 billion euros in environmental protection in Germany in 2020. That was 13.5% of their total investments. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that industry thus …

Press release No. 371 of 5 September 2022 14.4 million tonnes of biowaste in 2020

Households in Germany composted approximately 2.6 million tonnes of biowaste in 2020. Based on an estimate prepared for the first time, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is an average of roughly 31 kilograms of home …

Press release No. 293 of 11 July 2022 Environmental industry: protection of species and landscapes accounting for only 0.4% of total turnover in 2020

Establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of approximately 305 million euros in 2020 from goods, services and construction operations for the protection of species and landscapes. The Federal Statistical …

Date: June 28, 2022 Environmental economics

Tables on the subject: Goods and services for environmental protection overview by economic activities and types of services 2020

Press release No. 269 of 28 June 2022 Environmental protection as an economic factor: turnover up 7.2% in 2020

The establishments of the industry and service sectors in Germany generated a turnover of 78.9 billion euros from goods, services and construction operations for environmental protection in 2020. That is a 7.2% increase on a year earlier. The number …

Press release No. 263 of 23 June 2022 Strongest greenhouse gas: purchases of sulphur hexafluoride up 1.4% in 2021

Substances affecting the climate have an impact on global warming and contribute to climate change. The strongest greenhouse gas known is sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆), whose greenhouse potential is about 23,500 times the climate impact of carbon …

Press release No. N 037 of 21 June 2022 2.2 million photovoltaic power stations installed in Germany

Increasing numbers of enterprises and households use solar energy for electricity production. In March 2022, there were 2.2 million photovoltaic power systems installed on roofs or the ground, providing a total net capacity of 58,400 megawatts. The …

Press release No. N 035 of 7 June 2022 25% less plastic waste exported in 2021 year on year

Germany exports markedly less plastic waste than a few years ago. In 2021, just over 766,200 tonnes of plastic waste was exported from Germany – that is one quarter less (-25.2%) than in 2020. At the time, just over one million tonnes had been …

Date: June 3, 2022 Waste balance 2020

Tables on the subject: The table contains selected datas from the waste balance 2020

Press release No. 229 of 3 June 2022 Volume of waste slightly down in Covid year 2020

In the Covid year of 2020, 414.0 million tonnes of waste was disposed of in Germany, according to provisional results. This was a decline of 0.6% or 2.5 million tonnes compared with 2019. To coincide with the World Environment Day on 5 June 2022, the …

Date: April 29, 2022 Waste treatment plants 2020

Tables on the subject: This table contains environmental data - waste treatment 2020 - input by type of plant

Date: March 16, 2022 Used transport and secondary packaging collected in 2020

Tables on the subject: Enviroment - Used transport and secondary packaging collected in 2020

Date: March 14, 2022 Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020

Enviroment - Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020

Date: March 14, 2022 Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020

Tables on the subject: Enviroment - Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020

Press release No. 108 of 14 March 2022 Per capita packaging waste up by 6 kilograms in Covid year 2020

78 kilograms of packaging waste per capita were collected from households in Germany in the Covid year of 2020. That was an average increase of 6 kilograms per person on 2019. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …

Press release No. 058 of 11 February 2022 Recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment up 11.2% in 2020

In 2020, 1,037,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled, otherwise recovered or disposed of in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the quantity of waste equipment that was accepted for …

Date: February 11, 2022 Waste treatment plants 2020

Tables on the subject: Enviroment - Waste electrical and electronic equipment received in 2020 for primary treatment

Press release No. 022 of 17 January 2022 Potential greenhouse effect of fluorinated greenhouse gases used in 2020 down 14% on a year earlier

The potential greenhouse effect of the fluorinated greenhouse gases used in Germany in 2020 (FCs, HFCs, blends) fell by 14% on 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that approximately 6,262 tonnes of these greenhouse gases were …

Press release No. 590 of 21 December 2021 Before the coronavirus crisis: tourism accounted for 4% of value added and for 2.6% of greenhouse gas emissions

Domestic tourism generated 124 billion euros in the year prior to the coronavirus crisis and thus accounted for 4% of Germany’s value added. In 2019, tourists spent a total of 330 billion euros on tourism-related goods and services within Germany. …

Press release No. 584 of 20 December 2021 Per capita household waste up by 19 kilograms in Covid year 2020

The volume of waste produced by households in Germany rose considerably in the Covid year of 2020. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of 39.6 million tonnes of waste were collected from households.That …

Press release No. 583 of 17 December 2021 Almost one third of installations for handling water-hazardous substances inspected in 2020 had defects

In 2020, technical or regulatory defects were found with just under a third (30.9%) of the 248,070 installations for handling water-hazardous substances inspected in all of Germany. Included were petrol filling stations, storage facilities, filling …

Date: December 7, 2021 Ecosystem Accounts - National Ecosystem Classification for Germany

Ecosystem Accounts - National Ecosystem Classification for Germany

Date: December 7, 2021 Ecosystem Accounts - Methods of the Ecosystem Extent Account

This paper gives a short overview of the main objectives, the structure and the technical challenges in building a nationwide extent account. We aim to lay out and discuss general guidelines for each step, including a thorough description of …

Press release No. 526 of 18 November 2021 New digital atlas shows ecosystems in Germany

There is a wide variety of ecosystems in Germany whose sizes vary considerably between regions. Their great importance for climate protection and biodiversity is increasingly a focus of public attention. The Ecosystem Atlas (only in German) of the …

Press release No. N064 of 26 October 2021 Industrial investments in climate protection grew more than twofold within ten years

The German industry increasingly invests in climate protection. Enterprises in industry (excluding construction) spent a total of 3.46 billion euros in 2019 on systems which prevent emissions or enable resources to be used more carefully. As a …

Press release No. N 062 of 21 October 2021 21% capacity utilisation of wind power stations in the first half of 2021

There is more wind and less sunshine in autumn, which has a massive effect on the capacity utilisation of wind and photovoltaic power stations and, consequently, on electricity generation in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …

Press release No. 438 of 16 September 2021 Accidents involving water-hazardous substances in 2020 at lowest level since 2010

In 2020, 2,023 accidents involving water-hazardous substances were registered in Germany. Compared with the previous year, this was a decrease of 14.0% in the number of accidents, and the lowest level since 2010. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 397 of 23 August 2021 Business profits in forestry down 61% in 2019 compared with 2018

In 2019, forestry in Germany produced goods and services to the value of 6.9 billion euros. Based on results of the forest accounts, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that output declined by more than one fifth (-21%) compared with a …

Press release No. 383 of 13 August 2021 Household energy consumption for housing continued to increase in 2019

In 2019, households in Germany used more energy for housing purposes than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the temperature adjusted amount of energy used was 722 billion kilowatt hours. This was an increase of …

Press release No. 355 of 26 July 2021 Expenditure to meet environmental standards at 41.3 billion euros in 2019

In 2019, enterprises in German industry (excluding construction) spent 41.3 billion euros on environmental protection. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this current expenditure on meeting environmental standards referred to the …

Date: July 26, 2021 Environmental economics

Current expenditure on environmental protection in industry (excluding construction), by environmental area, 2019

Date: July 26, 2021 Environmental economics

Current expenditure on environmental protection in industry (excluding construction), 2019

Press release No. 348 of 19 July 2021 23.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste in 2019

In 2019, a total of 23.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste was generated in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 0.1 million tonnes on the previous year (2018: 23.8 million tonnes). Construction and …

Press release No. 323 of 7 July 2021 Raw material footprint, 2018: share of regrowing raw materials amounted to 16%

Germany’s raw material footprint for 2018 was 1,373 million tonnes. The use of regrowing biotic raw materials (e.g. cereals, wood) accounted for 16%, or 224 million tonnes. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 317 of 5 July 2021 Reporting over a five-year period: what about sustainability in Germany?

At this year’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to take place from 6 to 15 July, the Federal Government will for the second time report on Germany’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Federal …

Press release No. 293 of 23 June 2021 Environmental protection as an economic factor: turnover up 3.1% in 2019

In 2019, the establishments of the industry and service sectors generated a turnover of 73.6 billion euros in Germany from goods, services and construction operations for environmental protection. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …

Press release No. 292 of 23 June 2021 Strongest greenhouse gas: purchases of sulphur hexafluoride down by more than one third in 2020 compared with 2016

Substances affecting the climate have an impact on global warming and contribute to climate change. The strongest known greenhouse gas is sulphur hexafluoride (SF6 ). Over a period of 100 years, its contribution to the greenhouse effect is 22,800 …

Date: June 23, 2021 Environmental economics

Tables on the subject: Goods and services for environmental protection overview by economic activities and types of services 2019