Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013

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Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013
Economic activities and other items	Periods	Environmental burden Net energy consumption (PJ)	Environmental burden Tap water use (mln m3)	Environmental burden Waste (mln kg)	Environmental burden Emissions to water Heavy metals (1 000 heavy metal-equivalents)	Environmental burden Emissions to water Nutrients (1 000 nutrient-equivalents)	Environmental burden Air emissions Greenhouse gases (Climate change) (mln greenhousegas-equivalents)	Environmental burden Air emissions Acidifying substances (Acidification) (bln acid-equivalents)	Environmental burden Air emissions Ozone layer depletion (1 000 CFK12-equivalents)	Environmental burden Air emissions Fine dust (mln kg)	Environment and macro-economic figures Revenues environmental taxes and levies (mln euros)	Environment and macro-economic figures Macro-economic key figures Labour input of employed persons (1 000 years of employment)	Environment and macro-economic figures Macro-economic key figures Value added from the output Value at current prices Output basic prices (mln euros)	Environment and macro-economic figures Macro-economic key figures Value added from the output Value at prices of 2010 Output at basic prices (mln euros)
Total	2013*	3,540	.	.	.	.	228,425	28.3	123.7	37.8	23,013	6,962	1,236,446	1,184,441
Total Dutch economy	2013*	3,540	.	.	.	.	228,425	20.1	123.7	34.3	22,952	6,962	1,236,446	1,184,441
A-U All economic activities	2013*	2,826	.	.	.	.	182,846	18.2	111.1	25.8	7,991	6,962	1,234,776	1,182,839
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2013*	154	.	.	.	.	26,197	7.3	0.0	7.1	327	162	31,173	28,191
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2013*	1,815	.	.	.	.	108,396	2.6	86.1	7.5	1,386	767	346,286	316,549
B Mining and quarrying	2013*	43	.	.	.	.	3,216	0.1	0.0	0.0	23	9	25,185	20,786
C Manufacturing	2013*	1,368	.	.	.	.	44,135	1.5	0.0	7.1	1,055	703	294,173	269,719
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2013*	83	.	.	.	.	4,237	0.1	0.0	1.9	329	109	62,383	54,739
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2013*	5	.	.	.	.	187	0.0	0.0	0.1	35	15	3,576	3,325
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing	2013*	34	.	.	.	.	1,216	0.0	0.0	0.5	77	52	12,600	12,496
16 Manufacture of wood products	2013*	3	.	.	.	.	162	0.0	0.0	0.2	13	12	2,382	2,337
17 Manufacture of paper	2013*	26	.	.	.	.	982	0.0	0.0	0.3	40	17	5,897	5,676
18 Printing and reproduction	2013*	6	.	.	.	.	72	0.0	0.0	0.0	24	23	4,321	4,479
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum	2013*	171	.	.	.	.	10,315	0.4	0.0	0.2	48	5	33,658	25,661
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals	2013*	869	.	.	.	.	17,400	0.3	0.0	1.4	166	54	54,142	48,012
20 Manufacture of chemicals	2013*	.	.	.	.	.	17,226	0.3	0.0	1.4	150	42	48,618	42,516
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals	2013*	.	.	.	.	.	174	0.0	0.0	0.0	16	12	5,524	5,516
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod	2013*	33	.	.	.	.	2,609	0.2	0.0	1.2	117	50	13,079	12,417
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	2013*	8	.	.	.	.	214	0.0	0.0	0.0	52	28	7,620	7,135
23 Manufacture of building materials	2013*	24	.	.	.	.	2,396	0.2	0.0	1.2	65	22	5,459	5,275
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products	2013*	137	.	.	.	.	6,890	0.3	0.0	1.7	100	99	26,235	25,815
24 Manufacture of basic metals	2013*	125	.	.	.	.	6,444	0.3	0.0	1.3	29	19	8,232	8,271
25 Manufacture of metal products	2013*	12	.	.	.	.	446	0.0	0.0	0.4	71	80	18,003	17,536
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry	2013*	15	.	.	.	.	360	0.0	0.0	0.1	34	.	33,370	33,672
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c.	2013*	7	.	.	.	.	230	0.0	0.0	0.0	45	73	24,752	24,098
29-30 Transport equipment	2013*	5	.	.	.	.	138	0.0	0.0	0.0	30	36	12,455	12,089
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair	2013*	10	.	.	.	.	553	0.0	0.0	0.1	73	167	17,923	17,183
D Electricity and gas supply	2013*	308	.	.	.	.	48,027	0.7	0.0	0.1	172	23	17,886	16,748
E Water supply and waste management	2013*	97	.	.	.	.	9,801	0.2	86.1	0.2	132	31	9,042	9,100
F Construction	2013*	56	.	.	.	.	3,622	0.4	25.0	1.7	508	462	80,313	79,875
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2013*	543	.	.	.	.	34,523	7.5	0.0	8.7	2,503	1,603	223,085	218,019
J Information and communication	2013*	18	.	.	.	.	1,574	0.0	0.0	0.0	149	240	49,927	50,858
K Financial institutions	2013*	18	.	.	.	.	789	0.0	0.0	0.1	172	222	76,439	74,086
L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2013*	13	.	.	.	.	174	0.0	0.0	0.0	112	63	71,350	68,819
M-N Business services	2013*	44	.	.	.	.	2,900	0.2	0.0	0.4	1,635	1,226	136,224	134,278
O-Q Government and care	2013*	131	.	.	.	.	4,319	0.2	0.0	0.3	858	1,906	193,293	186,216
R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2013*	33	.	.	.	.	3,568	0.1	0.0	0.1	337	312	26,686	25,455
Total private households	2013*	715	.	.	.	.	41,988	1.8	0.0	8.4	14,961
Other domestic origin	2013*				.	.	3,420	0.0	12.6	0.0
Total from abroad	2013*			.	.	.	0	8.3	0.0	3.6	66
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains key figures from the environmental accounts and the National Accounts. It shows contributions to various environmental issues such as global warming, acidification, environmental costs and environmental taxes by industries. In addition, some economic characteristics of the National accounts are included for comparison, e.g. gross value added and the number of employee jobs converted to full-time equivalents.
The environmental accounts are consistent with the concepts and definitions of the National Accounts. This implies that, for physical material flows, the direct relationship with the Dutch economy is the focal point. Material flows are attributed to the economic activities where the actions actually take place, they are registered according to the residence principle. This means that all air pollution caused by Dutch transport companies is taken into account for the Netherlands, but that air pollution caused by transport companies from abroad within the Dutch territory is not.
The environmental accounts are based on figures from the environmental statistics. These data are based on the territory principle, however, everything that happens within the Dutch territory. Because of the consistency between the environmental accounts and the National Accounts, Dutch environmental indicators can be compared directly to the main economic indicators. Due to the difference in approach between environmental accounts and environmental statistics, results may vary somewhat.

Data available from: 2001-2013

Status of the figures:
his table contains figures from various sources. For figures related to the National Accounts: most recent reference period has status Provisional, whereas the reference period prior to that has the status Revised Provisional. After two years the data become Definite. Data for 2001-2010 are still regarded as Provisional, as the Dutch National Accounts are currently being revised to comply with the European System of National and Regional Accounts 2010 (ESR 2010). Data based on the environmental accounts will be revised over a longer period of time, because of adjustments in the data sources used. This to maintain the closest relation possible to the environmental statistics.

Changes as of 8 June 2016:
This table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table is discontinued.

Description topics

Environmental burden

Physical data relating to the environmental burden. Subjects include emissions to air and water, waste and the depletion of natural resources.

Net energy consumption: Energy used for economic processes, not usable in the short-term for other energetic purposes.

Net energy use is the combination of final energy use for energy purposes (use of fuels for transport) and non-energy purposes (use of naphtha in manufacturing of plastics) plus the conversion losses of energy (for example energy losses that occur when coal and gas are converted into electricity in power plants).

Tap water use: Use of water from the tap of drinking water quality produced by the water supply companies. Tap water is purified groundwater or surface water transported through a network of pipes.

Waste: Waste categories are categorised according to the European Regulation on Waste Statistics. Waste with and without a commercial value (waste products and waste residuals) for the producer are taken into account.

Emissions to water

Pollutants originating from a source. Emissions can be divided into direct and indirect emissions. Direct emissions are emitted directly into the environment. Indirect emissions reach the environment in an indirect way. Part of the discharges to the sewer system, for example, reach the surface water after treatment in wastewater treatment plants.

Heavy metals: Heavy metals belong to a group of metals with a high atomic weight. Particularly heavy metals that are highly toxic and therefore harmful to the environment are taken into account. Heavy metals naturally occur in the environment. In many cases they are necessary for natural processes, but they usually are toxic in higher concentrations. The figures include arsenic.
The individual substances have the following corresponding weights in the equivalent:
Zinc: 1/30
Lead: 1/25
Chromium: 1/25
Arsenic: 1/10
Copper: 1/3
Cadmium: 5
Mercury: 100/3

Nutrients: Phosphorus and Nitrogen are nutrients. These nutrients are essential for the growth of plants and animals, but an excessive use of fertilizers has damaging effects on biodiversity and ecosystems. As a rule, it results in domination of one or only a few species of plants or animals. This process is called eutrophication. In surface water, an excess amount of nutrients results in limitless algae growth and finally in total domination of blue-green alga.

Air emissions

Emissions of pollutants into the air.

Greenhouse gases (Climate change): Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere retain part of the solar heat that reaches the earth. An increasing concentration of greenhouse gases means that more warmth is retained and the temperature of the earth's surface rises. This is called the "enhanced greenhouse effect". The most important greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), laughing gas (N2O), HFCs, PFCs and SF6.

Acidifying substances (Acidification): Measure used to determine to what degree a substance contributes to the acidification of the environment. The conversion to acidifying equivalents is based on the extent to which the different acidifying pollutants affect the environment.

One acidification equivalent is equal to one mole H+. The emission of one kg NOx is equal to 21.7 acidification equivalents, the emission of one 1 kg SO2 is equal to 31.3 acidification equivalents, and the emission of one 1 kg NH3 is equal to 58.8 acidification equivalents.

Ozone layer depletion: Depletion of the ozone layer as a result of emissions of CFCs and halons to air, in CFC12 equivalents. Emissions of CFCs and halons can be converted to CFC12 equivalents. The conversion factors are based on the extent to which the different CFCs and halons affect the ozone layer.

Fine dust: Particulate matter (PM10 = particulates with diameter smaller than 10 micrometres).

Among other causes PM10 is formed during the combustion of diesel fuel (diesel fumes) and various industrial processes. Fine dust is detrimental to health, as it penetrates deeply into the lungs.

Environment and macro-economic figures

Key figures relating to the environment and the economy.

Revenues environmental taxes and levies: Total revenues from environmental levies and environmental taxes.

Environmental levies are imposed by the government to finance specific environmental measures. Environmental taxes are taxes intended to reduce human activities that harm the environment, by raising prices. The revenues from environmental taxes go into the general government revenue and are not used to finance specific environmental policies. Examples of environmental taxes are excise on motor fuels, road tax, the tax on cars and motorcycles and energy tax.

Macro-economic key figures

Macro-economics is the branch of economics that studies 'aggregates'. Aggregates are economic indicators that apply to large groups, for instance to all construction companies or all households or to the Netherlands as a whole. Examples of macro-economic indicators are GDP, labour volume, consumption, investments and international trade.

Labour input of employed persons: The input of labour based on the average number of employee jobs in a year. Labour input is calculated by converting all jobs (full-time and part-time) in a year to full-time equivalents (FTE). Two part-time jobs of 0.5 FTE will count as 1 working year in the yearly average labour volume.

Value added from the output

The way value added is formed by underlying components in the so-called production approach. In this approach value added equals the sum of value added over all branches (including non-commercial ones). Value added is thereby registered at basic prices, the way they are perceived by producers.

Value at current prices

The values are expressed at prices of the reporting period. Alternatively, values may be expressed at constant prices. In that case, prices of a certain reference period are used.

Output basic prices: The ensemble of goods and services produced. Also called production. Three types of output are distinguished:
- market output: goods and services sold at a market or intended for sale at a market
- the own-account production of all goods that are retained by their producers for their own final consumption or gross fixed capital formation.
- non-market output: goods and services delivered for free or at economically non-significant prices to other units

Output is valued at basic prices. These are the prices experienced by the producers: product-related taxes have been subtracted from the original prices, subsidies haven been added to them. Costs of transportation, when charged separately by the producer, are not included. Changes in the values of financial and non-financial assets during the reference period are not included either.

Included is the output by all kind-of-activity units residing in the Netherlands, including those that are held by foreign owners. The kind-of-activity units include general government units and other non-commercial units.

Value at prices of 2010

The values are expressed at prices of the reference period 2010 by taking account of inflation. If prices are not corrected for inflation, values are expressed at prices of the reporting period (current prices).

Output at basic prices: The ensemble of goods and services produced. Also called production. Three types of output are distinguished:
- market output: goods and services sold at a market or intended for sale at a market
- the own-account production of all goods that are retained by their producers for their own final consumption or gross fixed capital formation.
- non-market output: goods and services delivered for free or at economically non-significant prices to other units

Output is valued at basic prices. These are the prices experienced by the producers: product-related taxes have been subtracted from the original prices, subsidies haven been added to them. Costs of transportation, when charged separately by the producer, are not included. Changes in the values of financial and non-financial assets during the reference period are not included either.

Included is the output by all kind-of-activity units residing in the Netherlands, including those that are held by foreign owners. The kind-of-activity units include general government units and other non-commercial units.