United States

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):

53,748.97

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):

1.09

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):

3.48--

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):

0.719

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

Under Trump Administration, Farm Subsidies Soared and the Rich Got Richer

2021-09-08

Taxpayer-funded farm subsidies have long been skewed in favor of the richest farmers and landowners. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms, further shortchanging smaller, struggling family farms.

Democrat spending proposal in the United States would raise conservation cash through fossil fees

2021-09-01

Fossil fuel and mining companies would contribute billions toward conservation programs under a new proposal in the United States Congress.

How Europe could get China and the U.S. on its side with new carbon tax

2021-09-01

The measure, if approved, will force EU businesses to pay a carbon levy for goods they import from outside the bloc. The problem is that some nations might not want to go down the carbon neutrality route as fast as the EU.

Reports

Economists: A US carbon tax would be progressive

2021-05-03

Environmental justice concerns have been at the forefront in discussions of U.S. environmental policy. They have been central, in particular, to discussions of proposals for a nationwide carbon tax to

Carbon Taxes Do Not Harm Jobs or Economic Growth (Resources for the Future)

2020-11-04

Gilbert Metcalf and James Stock Results from two recent analyses suggest that implementing a carbon tax has no discernible detrimental effects on employment and GDP growth. Economists broadly agree that placing a

U.K. Spending 32 Times More On Fossil Fuels Than Renewables: Wärtsilä Report

2020-11-03

The U.K. government is squandering an opportunity to move towards a zero carbon future by pumping billions of stimulus cash into fossil fuels and all but neglecting renewable energy, according

Policy Briefs

Border Carbon Adjustments without Full (or Any) Carbon Pricing (Resources for the Future)

2021-08-13

As more world leaders consider levying border taxes on climate-damaging goods, a new study looks at ways it can be done in countries—including the United States—that haven’t established a domestic market for carbon emissions.

Unequal Exchange: How US Taxpayers Shoulder the Burden of Fossil Fuel Development on Federal Lands (Oil Change International)

2017-05-31

Fossil fuel production on federal land is a major contributor to greenhouse gas pollution, accounting for 28% of total US energy related emissions. Yet there exists a wide range of

United States

Country indicators

News

Under Trump Administration, Farm Subsidies Soared and the Rich Got Richer

Democrat spending proposal in the United States would raise conservation cash through fossil fees

How Europe could get China and the U.S. on its side with new carbon tax

Reports

Economists: A US carbon tax would be progressive

Carbon Taxes Do Not Harm Jobs or Economic Growth (Resources for the Future)

U.K. Spending 32 Times More On Fossil Fuels Than Renewables: Wärtsilä Report

Policy Briefs

Border Carbon Adjustments without Full (or Any) Carbon Pricing (Resources for the Future)

Unequal Exchange: How US Taxpayers Shoulder the Burden of Fossil Fuel Development on Federal Lands (Oil Change International)

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