Expenditure on ‘environmental protection’
In 2022 in the EU, total expenditure of general government on ‘environmental protection’ amounted to 0.8 % of GDP. Of this, expenditure on ‘waste management’ amounted to 0.4 % of GDP, while 0.1 % of GDP was devoted to expenditure in each of the following COFOG groups: ‘waste water management’, ‘pollution abatement’, ‘protection of biodiversity and landscape’ and not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.) expenditure relating to environmental protection.
