Spain

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):

38,888.7

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):

0.09

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):

0.01

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):

2.30

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):

1.84

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
(%):

News

Spain to remove renewable subsidies from consumer bills

2021-01-21

Barcelona — Spain’s government has proposed a new law that will gradually separate the funding of renewable energy from consumers’ bills and move it to the

Spanish solar developer plans 3.3 gigawatts of subsidy-free PV farms

2019-11-04

29 October 2019: Madrid-based Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA is planning to install 3,325 megawatts of capacity by the end of 2023 with no

Spain bans petrol cars, fracking, fossil fuel subsidies – aims for 100% renewables

2018-12-05

15.11.2018 – Spain is proposing to ban fossil fuel subsidies, dump investments that encourage dirty energy use and will also drive lighter diesel and petrol vehicles

Reports

Mejor sin diésel (Ecologistas en Accion)

2018-06-07

This report Mejor sin diésel (Better without diesel) by Ecologistas en Accion studies data on environmental taxes in Spain, compares Spanish taxation of vehicles to other European

At the Crossroads: Balancing the financial and social costs of coal transition in China (GSI)

2017-07-12

This report by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes how reform can be managed

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

Environmental Fiscal Reform in Spain (GBE)

2016-03-07

This briefing by Green Budget Europe (GBE), in collaboration with Climate Strategy & Partners in Madrid, sets out the potential benefits in terms of fiscal consolidation

Spain

Country indicators

News

Spain to remove renewable subsidies from consumer bills

Spanish solar developer plans 3.3 gigawatts of subsidy-free PV farms

Spain bans petrol cars, fracking, fossil fuel subsidies – aims for 100% renewables

Reports

Mejor sin diésel (Ecologistas en Accion)

At the Crossroads: Balancing the financial and social costs of coal transition in China (GSI)

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

Policy Briefs

Environmental Fiscal Reform in Spain (GBE)

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