System of Environmental and Economic Accounts

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The Environmental Accounts provide a systematic description of the relationship between the environment and the economy and can be used for analyses of various types. They function as a satellite system to the National Accounts, presenting environmentally related physical and economic information for industries, the public sector and households. They also provide information for analyzing environmental and economic policies and is used for developing indicators for sustainable development.

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Growth in the environmental sector slowed down in 2023

2025-10-16

The environmental goods and services sector accounted for 3.8 percent of Sweden’s total GDP in 2023, a small decrease from 2022. Both total production and the number of people employed in the environmental sector declined in 2023. The sector employed 160 000 people total, 21 percent of whom are women.

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Tables and graphs

Analysis tool for environmental accounts data

Name	Type	Date
Analysis tool for environmental accounts data (Published 2024-11-21)	Excel file	2024-11-21

Chemical indicators

Name	Type	Date
Chemical intensities, 2008 and 2020	Graph	2022-06-02
Total use of chemical products inclusive of petroleum fuels, 2008–2020	Graph	2022-06-02
Use of chemical products by category, exclusive of petroleum products, 2008-2020	Graph	2022-06-02

Environmental impact from households

Name	Type	Date
Emission of carbon dioxide, per person, kg, 2009	Graph
Emission of carbon dioxide, per household, kg, 2009	Graph
Emission of carbon dioxide, per adult equivalent, kg, 2009	Graph

Environmental pressure from consumption

Name	Type	Date
Greenhouse gas emissions from consumption and intensities, 2008-2022	Excel file	2023-09-28

Environmental sector

Name	Type	Date
Overview environmental sector in Sweden, 2003–2023	Excel file	2025-10-16

Environmentally related subsidies

Name	Type	Date
Environmentally related subsidies 2008–2024	Excel file	2025-06-19
Total environmentally motivated direct subsidies, 2000–2024	Table	2025-06-12

Environmental taxes

Name	Type	Date
Environmental taxes: Total, as a percentage of GDP, and as a percentage of total taxes 1993-2024	Graph	2025-06-05
Energy-, carbon tax and greenhouse gas emissions by industry (NACE rev. 2) in 2023, percent of total	Graph	2025-06-05
Total environmental taxes in Sweden 1993–2024	Table	2024-06-20
Effective Carbon Rate per sector, 2008 and 2023		2025-06-05

Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts

Name	Type	Date
Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts 1998-2023	Excel file	2025-02-06
Domestic extraction per category of material, Sweden 1998-2023	Graph	2025-02-06
Domestic material consumption per capita per category of material, Sweden 1998-2023	Graph	2025-02-06
Physical trade balance per category of material, Sweden 1998-2023	Graph	2025-02-06
Domestic material consumption per category of material, Sweden 1998-2023	Graph	2025-02-06
Growth of GDP, material consumption and resource productivity in Sweden, 1998-2022	Graph	2025-02-06
Driving factors for material consumption in Sweden according to the IPAT equation, 1998-2022	Graph	2025-02-06
Domestic material consumption by material category, Sweden and EU 2023, tonnes per capita	Graph	2025-02-06

Emissions to air

Name	Type	Date
Thousand tonnes carbon dioxide equivalents 2023	Graph	2025-03-27
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in kg of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents for the Years 2008-2023	Graph	2025-03-27
Environmental economic profiles by industry 2023	Graph	2025-03-27
Regional emissions to air and intensities 2008–2022	Excel file	2025-02-11
Environmental economic profiles by county 2022	Graph	2025-02-11
Emission intensity: greenhouse gas emissions by GRP by county (NUTS 3)	Graph	2025-02-11
Emissions and intensities 2008–2023	Excel file	2024-05-29
Emissions and intensities Quarterly 2008Q1–2025Q1	Excel file	2025-05-27
Emission and intesities 2008-2023, detailed.	Excel file	2025-03-27

Ecosystem accounting

Name	Type	Date
Land accounts by NACE 2018	Excel file	2021-03-25
Land accounts by NACE 2011 and 2015	Excel file	2017-04-27

Climate effects of exports

Name	Type	Date
Climate effects of exports		2024-04-30

Tables in the Statistical Database

Energy accounts

Name	Date
Combustion of fuels by industry SNI 2007 (NACE) and type of fuel. Year 2008 - 2023	2025-03-27

Air Emissions Accounts

Name	Date
Air emissions by industry SNI 2007 (NACE) and subject. Year 2008 - 2023	2025-03-27
Air emissions by industry SNI92 (NACE) and subject. Year 1993 - 2008	2010-12-30
Air emissions by industry SNI 2007 (NACE) and subject. Quarter 2008K1 - 2025K1	2025-08-28
Air emissions by region (municipality, LAU2) and subject. Year 2008 - 2022	2025-02-11
Air emissions by region (NUTS 2), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 2008 - 2022	2025-02-11
Air emissions from transport by region (NUTS 2), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 1990 - 2022	2025-02-11
Air emissions by region (county, NUTS3), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 2008 - 2022	2025-02-11

Material Flow Accounts

Name	Date
Material flows by material categories. Year 1998 - 2023	2025-02-06

Environmental goods and services sector

Name	Date
Environmental sector - net turnover by industrial classification. Year 2003 - 2023	2025-10-16
Environmental sector - value added, production value and gainfully employed by industrial classification, detailed. Year 2003 - 2023	2025-10-16
Environmental sector - value added, production value, export and gainfully employed by industrial classification. Year 2003 - 2023	2025-10-16
Environmental sector - value added, production value and gainfully employed by environmental area. Year 2003 - 2023	2025-10-16
Environmental sector - value added, production value and gainfully employed by counties. Year 2003 - 2023	2025-10-16

Environmental taxes

Name	Date
Environmental taxes by industry SNI 92 (NACE). Year 1993 - 2008	2011-04-13
Environmental taxes by industry SNI 2007. Year 2008 - 2023	2025-06-05

Environmental pressure from consumption

Name	Date
Environmental pressure from consumption by product group SPIN 2007, use and substance. Year 2008 - 2022	2025-01-14
Environmental pressure from household consumption expenditure by purpose COICOP and substance. Year 2008 - 2022	2025-01-14

Chemical indicators

Name	Date
Use of chemical products by industry SNI 2007 (NACE). Year 2008 - 2020	2022-06-02

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Environmentally related subsidies 2008-2023	Swedish	Report	2025-06-19
Ecosystem accounts development in Sweden 2024	English	Report	2025-05-22
Applying FIGARO in Swedish consumption-based emissions	English	Report	2025-05-22
Forest accounts development in Sweden 2024	English	Report	2025-05-22
Report - Statistics on the climate impact of exports	Swedish	Report	2024-04-30
Deliverable 1 - Government project on climate effects of exports	Swedish	Report	2024-01-19
Bioeconomy - development of new statistics	Swedish	Report	2023-09-28
Investigating new data sources for land and ecosystem accounts	English	Report	2021-03-25
Monitoring greenhouse gas transfers	English	Report	2020-10-06
The economic structures and environmental pressure in the Swedish river basin districts	Swedish	Report	2019-12-16
Bioeconomy - development of new regional statistics	Swedish	Report	2018-12-18
The bioeconomy - Developing new regional statistics	English	Report	2018-12-18
The tourism satellite account and the environment – method development	Swedish	Report	2018-10-24
The tourism satellite account and the environment – method development	English	Report	2018-10-24
Regional environmental economic accounts 2008–2015	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2017-11-22
Land accounts for ecosystem services	Swedish	Report	2017-04-27
Land accounts for ecosystem services	English	Report	2017-04-25
Monitoring the shift to sustainable consumption patterns and production – in the context of the SDGs	English	Report	2016-11-16
New method for up-to-date environmental accounts – quarterly emissions to air	English	Report	2016-11-15
New method for up-to-date environmental accounts – quarterly emissions to air	Swedish	Report	2016-11-15
Creating statistics about environmental technology (clean tech)	English	Report	2016-03-30
Creating statistics about environmental technology (clean tech)	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2015-07-01
Environmental Accounts – a jubilee	English	Report	2015-05-06
Environmental Accounts – a jubilee	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2015-02-02

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