System of Environmental and Economic Accounts

Upcoming publishing: 2022-09-29

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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Environmental Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) 2020

2022-09-15

The environmental sector accounts for 4,1 percent of Sweden’s total GDP. The production of environmental goods and services was unchanged in 2020 compared to the previous year. The environmental sector employs 159 000 people, of which about 80 percent are men.

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Analysis tool for environmental accounts data

Name	Type	Date
Analysis tool for environmental accounts data	Excel file	2021-12-02

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, 2008-2019	Excel file	2021-09-30

Environmental sector

Name	Type	Date
Overview environmental sector in Sweden, 2003–2020	Excel file	2022-09-15

Environmentally related subsidies

Name	Type	Date
Total environmentally motivated direct subsidies, 2000–2021	Table	2022-06-14

Environmental taxes

Name	Type	Date
Environmental taxes: Total, as a percentage of GDP, and as a percentage of total taxes 1993-2021	Graph	2022-06-16
Energy-, carbon tax and greenhouse gas emissions by industry (NACE rev. 2) in 2020, percent of total	Graph	2022-06-16
Total environmental taxes in Sweden 1993–2021	Table	2022-06-16

Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts

Name	Type	Date
Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts 1998-2020. Corrected 2022-01-11	Excel file	2021-12-15
Domestic extraction per category of material, Sweden 1998-2020	Graph	2021-12-15
Domestic material consumption per capita per category of material, Sweden 1998-2020	Graph	2021-12-15
Trends for raw, semi-manufactured and finished products for imports and exports in Sweden 1998–2020	Graph	2021-12-15
Physical trade balance per category of material, Sweden 1998-2020	Graph	2021-12-15
Domestic material consumption per category of material, Sweden 1998-2020	Graph	2021-12-15
Growth of GDP, material consumption and resource productivity in Sweden, 1998-2019. Corrected 2022-01-11	Graph	2021-12-15
Driving factors for material consumption in Sweden according to the IPAT equation, 1998-2019	Graph	2021-12-15

Emissions to air

Name	Type	Date
Greenhouse gas emissions by industry 2020 (corrected 2022-04-20)	Graph	2022-04-20
Greenhouse gas emissions 2008–2020 (corrected 2022-04-20)	Graph	2022-04-20
Environmental economic profiles by industry 2020 (corrected 2022-04-20)	Graph	2022-04-20
Regional emissions to air and intensities 2008–2019	Excel file	2021-11-24
Environmental economic profiles by county 2019	Graph	2021-11-24
Regional emission intensities: greenhouse gas emissions by Regional Gross Domestic Product	Graph	2021-11-24
Emissions and Intensities 2008–2014	Excel file
Emissions and intensities 2008–2020 (corrected 2022-04-20)	Excel file	2022-04-20
Emissions and intensities Quarterly 2008Q1–2022Q1	Excel file	2022-09-01

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

Tables in the Statistical Database

Energy accounts

Name	Date
Combustion of fuels by industry SNI 2007 (NACE) and type of fuel. Year 2008 - 2020	2022-04-20

Air Emissions Accounts

Name	Date
Air emissions by industry SNI 2007 (NACE) and subject. Year 2008 - 2020	2022-04-20
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 - 2022K1	2022-09-01
Air emissions by region (municipality, LAU2) and subject. Year 2008 - 2019	2021-11-24
Air emissions by region (NUTS 2), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 2008 - 2019	2021-11-24
Air emissions from transport by region (NUTS 2), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 1990 - 2019	2021-11-24
Air emissions by region (county, NUTS3), NACE Rev. 2 and subject. Year 2008 - 2019	2021-11-24

Material Flow Accounts

Name	Date
Material flows by material categories. Year 1998 - 2020	2021-12-15

Environmental goods and services sector

Name	Date
Environmental sector - net turnover by industrial classification. Year 2003 - 2020	2022-09-15

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 - 2020	2022-06-16

Environmental pressure from consumption

Name	Date
Environmental pressure from household consumption expenditure by purpose COICOP and substance. Year 2008 - 2019	2021-09-30
Environmental pressure from consumption by product group SPIN 2007, use and substance. Year 2008 - 2019	2021-09-30

Chemical indicators

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

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
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	English	Report	2019-12-16
Bioeconomy - development of new regional statistics	English	Report	2018-12-18
The bioeconomy - Developing new regional statistics	English	Report	2018-12-18
The tourism satellite account and the environment – method development	English	Report	2018-10-24
The tourism satellite account and the environment – method development	English	Report	2018-10-24
Regional environmental economic accounts 2008–2015	English	Report	2017-11-22
Land accounts for ecosystem services	English	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	English	Report	2016-11-15
Creating statistics about environmental technology (clean tech)	English	Report	2016-03-30
Creating statistics about environmental technology (clean tech)	English	Report	2015-07-01
Environmental Accounts – a jubilee	English	Report	2015-05-06
Environmental Accounts – a jubilee	English	Report	2015-02-02

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