Mongolia

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):

4,053.63

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):

0.01

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):

0.12

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):

-32.26

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):

1.711

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
(%):

n/a

News

A popular pasture tax? Saving Mongolia’s valuable grasslands from crisis

2018-05-20

17 May 2018 – Reducing livestock numbers and increasing the health and resilience of herds is the key to conserving Mongolia’s grasslands. An initiative to reform an outdated and non-operational

Reports

Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) Report Mongolia (BIOFIN)

2020-05-06

The Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) was conducted within the framework of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) project in Mongolia. The review analyses the country’s biodiversity expenditure from 2008-2018 incorporating political

Policy Briefs

Mongolia – Country profile

2017-03-30

Background Mongolia is a landlocked country located in central Asia. It has a dry continental climate and its terrain consists of vast semi-deserts, desert plains and mountains. Some of the