Germany

Country indicators

GDP per capita - gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. (Source: World Bank)

GDP per capita
(USD):

52,055.3

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions) - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies. Pre-tax consumer subsidies exist when energy consumers pay prices that are below the costs incurred to supply them with this energy. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):

0.82

Fossil Fuel Subsidies as % of GDP - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies
(% of GDP):

0.02

Fossil Fuel Subsidies with externalities as % of GDP - All consumer and producer post-tax subsidies. Post-tax consumer subsidies exist if consumer prices for energy are below supply costs plus the efficient levels of taxation. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):

2.37

Revenue from environmentally related taxes as % of GDP - All revenue from environmentally related taxes - defined as any compulsory, unrequited payment to general government levied on tax-bases deemed to be of particular environmental relevance – as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: OECD)

Revenue from environmentally related taxes (% of GDP):

1.62

Carbon pricing gap - Measure of how much countries fall short of pricing carbon emissions in line with a EUR 60 benchmark value (midpoint estimate of the carbon costs in 2020 and a low-end estimate for 2030). The difference is presented as percentage: If the Effective Carbon Rate (ECR) on all emissions is at least as high as the benchmark, the gap is zero, and if the ECR is zero throughout, the gap is 100%. (Source: OECD)

Carbon Pricing Gap
(%):

67 News

Nine EU countries ask for an aviation carbon tax

2019-11-22

11 November 2019: In a joint statement, the Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Bulgaria asked the

Experts in Germany argue that a higher carbon price will not be the only determinant of the Klimapaket success

2019-11-04

28 October 2019: Experts from adelphi, Climate Focus, and Perspectives Climate Group, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear

Germany adopts the Climate Action Law including levies on air and road travel

2019-10-18

11 October 2019: The German government cabinet has adopted its first Climate Action Law, including a CO2 price for transport and buildings and a slew

Reports

G20 peer review of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in Germany and Mexico (G20)

2018-11-19

Germany and Mexico released their voluntary peer reviews of fossil fuel subsidies under the G-20, during the twenty-third Conference of Parties (COP23) to the United

Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment, DIE)

2018-06-07

This joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) illustrates how green industrial policy can be a driver for a green economy

Cutting Europe’s lifelines to coal – Tracking subsidies in 10 countries (ODI)

2017-05-15

This report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reviews subsidies to coal in 10 countries that produce 84% of Europe’s energy-related greenhouse gas emissions: France,

Policy Briefs

Germany – Country profile

2017-03-30

Background Germany is a Central European country and a founding member state of the EU. In 2017 Germany had nearly 83 million inhabitants and is

Germany

Country indicators

52,055.3

0.82

0.02

2.37

1.62

67

News

Nine EU countries ask for an aviation carbon tax

Experts in Germany argue that a higher carbon price will not be the only determinant of the Klimapaket success

Germany adopts the Climate Action Law including levies on air and road travel

Reports

G20 peer review of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in Germany and Mexico (G20)

Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment, DIE)

Cutting Europe’s lifelines to coal – Tracking subsidies in 10 countries (ODI)

Policy Briefs

Germany – Country profile

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