Sweden

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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):

56,068.26

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):

n/a

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):

n/a-

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):

0.99---

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):

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

Green fiscal reform in Sweden (Shmelev and Speck, 2018)

2019-10-11

Econometric assessment: has the Swedish carbon and energy taxation scheme been effective? Published in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, this paper employs an econometric approach to analyze the effectiveness

Swedish Economists Argue for Green Fiscal Policy to Stop Recession

2019-08-28

On 24 August in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, two Swedbank economists, Anna Breman and Andreas Wallstrom, said in an op-ed that Sweden and the European Union should ease regulation and allow

Stories from G20 Countries: Shifting Public Money out of Fossil Fuels (IISD)

2019-01-02

Group of 20 (G20) governments have committed to ending government support to fossil fuels through a number of reform pledges. Some countries have made progress in shifting support away from fossil

Reports

Learning from Leaders: Nordic and International Best Practice with Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (Nordic Council of Ministers)

2016-11-13

If we aim to reduce global emissions in order to limit global warming to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, then the energy sector is of paramount importance. A critical

2016 Country-Specific Recommendations in support of the European Semester cycle (GBE)

2016-03-07

This report led by Green Budget Europe (GBE), in collaboration with CEE BankWatch, EEB and WWF, sets out recommendations for the 28 EU Member States to accelerate Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR) in the context of

Sweden

Country indicators

News

Green fiscal reform in Sweden (Shmelev and Speck, 2018)

Swedish Economists Argue for Green Fiscal Policy to Stop Recession

Stories from G20 Countries: Shifting Public Money out of Fossil Fuels (IISD)

Reports

Learning from Leaders: Nordic and International Best Practice with Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (Nordic Council of Ministers)

2016 Country-Specific Recommendations in support of the European Semester cycle (GBE)

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