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  • Environmentally motivated subsidies decreased in 2024

    Environmentally motivated subsidies decreased in 2024 compared to 2023. For 2024 these subsidies amounted to 20.9 billion SEK; an 18 percent decrease from 2023. Environmental subsidies as share of GDP decreased as well, to a share of 0.3 percent of GDP.

  • Environmental tax revenues increase in 2024

    In 2024, environmental tax revenue amounts to SEK 102 billion, representing a 4 percent increase (without adjusting for inflation) compared with the previous year. The largest increase of tax revenues comes from energy taxes which increases by 3.5 SEK billion.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from the Swedish economy increased in 2024

    Greenhouse gas emissions from the Swedish economy increased in 2024 by 5.8 percent compared to the previous year. The largest increases were seen in the transport sector and from household consumption. The rise in emissions follows the same trend as previously published quarterly statistics for 2024.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from Sweden's economy decrease by 1,5 percent in 2023

    Greenhouse gas emissions from Sweden's economy amounted to 49 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2023, which corresponds to a decrease of 1,5 percent compared to 2022. The emission reductions are mainly seen in the energy sector, the steel and metal industry, and in private consumption, where car driving accounts for the majority of emissions. During the same period, GDP decreased by 0,1 percent, resulting in a reduction in greenhouse gas intensity in the economy by 1,4 percent in 2023.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions decreased 2022 for most of Sweden’s counties

    Greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 2022 compared to 2021 for 19 of Sweden’s 21 counties. The only exceptions were Stockholm and Blekinge. The emission intensity (the emissions of greenhouse gases per unit of economic output) also decreased in all counties except Stockholm and Blekinge.