Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013
| Economic activities and other items | Periods | Environment and macro-economic figures Revenues environmental taxes and levies (mln euros) | Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental expenditure (mln euros) | Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental investment (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 Gross fixed capital formation (mln euros) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-U All economic activities | 2013* | 7,991 | . | . | 6,962 | 120,305 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
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
- 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.
- Environmental expenditure
- Total yearly costs of activities aiming to protect, restore or improve the environment.
Environmental expenditure can be broken down into own costs and transfers paid. The costs of own activities include estimated capital costs (interest on and depreciation of environmental investments), current costs en other costs. Transfers paid mainly consist of levies and outsourcing services.
- Environmental investment
- Investments in fixed capital formation that are aimed to protect, restore or improve the environment and will not be recovered in three years.
- 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.
- Gross fixed capital formation
- Expenses on produced material and immaterial assets that can be used in the production process for a period longer than one year, e.g. buildings, houses, machines, transportation and such. This in contrast to intermediate use of products in in the production process to produce output (e.g. iron ore). The value of fixed capital formation can be reduced over the years as a result of wear and tear, or less-efficient technics (economic ageing), so-called depreciation. Gross fixed capital formation means prior to any correction of fixed assets for loss of initial value in time (depreciation), whereas the value after depreciation of fixed capital is called “net”.