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):

29,600.35

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):

-2.3

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):

1.773

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

Denmark, Costa Rica seek alliance to speed up the end of oil and gas

2021-08-27

Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas production and to stop giving permits for new exploration, government ministers said and documents showed.

Spain’s green recovery plan among EU’s best, experts say

2021-05-10

The contribution of Spain’s recovery, transformation and resilience plan to the green transition is among the best in the EU, according to a report international climate experts highlighting the lack

July moment of truth for WTO fishery subsidy talks

2021-05-03

The head of the World Trade Organisation is hoping to present a final text of a deal on ending harmful fishery subsidies to a virtual meeting of trade ministers in

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 countries and provides proposals on

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 to ensure that economic, social

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, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece,

Policy Briefs

Environmental taxes and green technology adoption: evidence from Spain

2022-08-31

How to design environmental taxes such as to reduce levels of contamination? What is the level of environmental taxation that encourages industry to adopt green technologies? How to combine environmental taxation with subsidies?

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 and environmental protection of Environmental

Spain

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News

Denmark, Costa Rica seek alliance to speed up the end of oil and gas

Spain’s green recovery plan among EU’s best, experts say

July moment of truth for WTO fishery subsidy talks

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 taxes and green technology adoption: evidence from Spain

Environmental Fiscal Reform in Spain (GBE)

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