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

EU leaders to consider carbon border tax (Argus)

2020-07-13

EU leaders will meet in Brussels to discuss the EU’s Covid-19 recovery plan and a new long-term EU budget. French president Emmanuel Macron is expected

Dirty Subsidies: How Europe sabotages its climate goals (Investigate Europe)

2020-07-06

2020 was supposed to be the year the EU would launch its ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis. But why does Europe sabotage its

German cabinet agrees CO2 price of €25 from January 2021 (Euractive)

2020-06-15

Germany’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday (20 May) on changes to the climate package launched last September, and it is now certain that from January 2021,

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

EU leaders to consider carbon border tax (Argus)

Dirty Subsidies: How Europe sabotages its climate goals (Investigate Europe)

German cabinet agrees CO2 price of €25 from January 2021 (Euractive)

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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