Total environmental taxes in Sweden 1993–2024

Current prices, SEK million

  1993 2000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024[*]
Total 47 577 62 615 86 312 87 565 90 156 86 853 86 511 86 326 84 539 89 370 94 677 95 128 96 892 100 953 99 727 103 909 95 913 98 785 102 464
Energy tax 38 073 52 315 68 542 69 827 72 455 69 832 69 747 68 792 66 638 69 423 73 771 73 347 73 239 75 846 74 679 77 602 68 878 71 420 74 921
Waste incineration tax[1]                             248 470 600 19 ‑5
Tax on diesel oil 591                                    
Energy tax on fuels 19 798 27 175 19 761 20 226 20 146 20 414 19 906 19 895 19 319 20 356 23 559 23 664 25 270 26 617 25 523 26 677 19 749 17 973 15 515
Energy tax on electricity 5 717 11 298 19 146 20 082 20 930 20 169 20 630 20 754 19 827 20 379 21 309 23 213 24 475 25 654 27 157 27 184 25 029 27 759 31 121
Carbon dioxide tax 10 651 12 067 25 639 26 085 27 334 25 369 25 243 24 031 23 333 24 604 24 139 23 530 22 983 22 167 20 388 21 921 21 229 22 655 24 578
Nuclear power tax 100 827                                  
Tax on thermal effect of nuclear power   881 3 976 3 395 3 997 3 852 3 939 4 037 3 841 3 768 4 254 2 564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sulphur tax 187 67 20 39 48 28 29 14 10 12 11 10 13 5 2 10 18 5 3
Emisson permits               61 308 304 499 366 498 1 403 1 361 1 340 2 253 3 009 3 709
Hydroelectic power tax 1 029                                    
Tax on pollution 1 020 2 316 1 470 1 194 1 148 1 137 995 886 959 1 047 1 051 1 696 2 403 2 533 2 842 3 164 3 271 3 696 4 101
Fee to the battery fund   133 76 14 25 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
Fee for chemical products 16 56 71 68 34 45 44 2 42 43 50 48 49 47 50 50 49 50 48
Tax on insecticides 13 58 89 72 86 86 93 93 105 115 127 122 131 126 129 137 135 144 144
Tax on chemicals                       734 1 377 1 468 1 630 1 752 1 613 2 042 2 478
Environmental protection fee[2] 77 116 0                                
NOx fee 533 511 536 673 714 794 656 668 668 588 568 604 612 636 600 528 644 612 596
Tax on waste   1 085 332 189 289 204 198 119 140 297 302 184 234 252 211 299 312 347 427
Tax on insecticides and fertilizers 196                                    
Tax on commercial fertilizers 185 357 366 178 0 0                     0 0 0
Tax on plastic bags                             222 398 518 497 408
Tax on natural resources   125 254 166 153 163 167 146 138 147 157 161 147 138 131 128 117 102 102
Natural gravel tax   125 254 166 153 163 167 146 138 147 157 161 147 138 131 128 117 102 102
Tax on transportation 8 484 7 859 16 046 16 378 16 400 15 721 15 602 16 502 16 804 18 753 19 698 19 924 21 103 22 436 22 075 23 015 23 647 23 567 23 340
Fee for vehicles 259                                    
Fee to the vehicle scrap fund 106 253 0 0 0 0                          
Tax on air travel                       0 1 267 1 786 495 465 1 120 1 499 1 693
Vehicle tax 4 095 6 847 11 307 11 683 11 875 11 235 11 191 11 493 11 576 13 290 13 383 13 272 13 156 13 908 14 679 15 590 15 507 15 061 14 581
Sales tax on motor vehicles 1 287 194 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Kilometre tax 2 737                               0 0 0
Tax on road traffic insurance     3 270 3 019 2 948 2 907 2 828 2 765 2 800 2 810 2 840 2 894 2 886 2 829 2 792 2 801 2 810 2 728 2 768
Congestion tax     687 785 799 800 811 1 493 1 675 1 834 2 578 2 743 2 722 2 684 2 850 2 856 2 878 2 869 2 844
Road charges   565 782 891 778 779 772 751 753 819 897 1 015 1 072 1 229 1 259 1 303 1 332 1 410 1 454
                                       
Percent of GDP in Sweden 2.87 2.60 2.54 2.63 2.54 2.34 2.32 2.27 2.13 2.11 2.16 2.08 2.03 2.01 1.99 1.92 1.65 1.61 1.59
Percent of total taxes and social contributions in Sweden 6.23 5.35 5.69 5.92 5.81 5.48 5.41 5.24 4.95 4.86 4.80 4.60 4.51 4.59 4.59 4.37 3.79 3.78 3.79

* Preliminary data

1) The tax was removed in 2023, and it is common for marginally negative values to occur the following year for removed taxes. Hence the negative value for 2024.

2) Exist also after 2004 but is now registered in a way so it does not count as a tax in the system.

Definitions and explanations

The used definition of an environmental tax was elaborated by Eurostat and OECD and makes comparable studies possible between different countries:

"...it has been chosen to single out the tax base that seem to have a particular environmental relevance, and to consider all taxes levied on these tax bases as environmentally related regardless of motives behind their introduction, their names etc."

According to the definition it is the tax base that determines whether or not the tax is an environmental tax.

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Last updated
2024-06-20

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