Environmental sector by activity; national accounts

This table presents economic data on the activities of the environmental sector. It concerns labour volume, production, value added and exports. Activities within the environmental sector are attributed to the environmental domains (environmental protection and/or management of natural resources). The data is displayed in the following quantities: — Volume of work in working years, 1000 FTE — Production in basic prices, million euros — Value added in basic prices, million euros — Exports in basic prices, million euros The environmental sector consists of companies and bodies engaged in the measurement, prevention, mitigation, minimisation or correction of environmental damage to water, air and soil, and/or dealing with problems related to waste, noise and ecosystems (OECD, 1999; Eurostat 2009). This definition also includes “cleaner technologies” and “cleaner products and services” that reduce environmental risk and minimise the consumption of natural resources and pollution. The definition of the environmental sector has been adopted at European level and is applied as such by EU countries. The table is part of the environmental accounts. The environmental accounts quantify the relationship between the economy and the environment. In order to achieve a consistent statistical description of this relationship, the environmental accounts shall be consistent with the classifications and definitions of the national accounts. As a result, environmental figures from the environmental accounts differ in a number of cases from the environmental figures elsewhere on CBS website. Data available from: 2001 Status of the figures: Preliminary figures. Amendments as of 8 July 2022: Figures for 2020 have been added. Figures for previous years have been revised following a revision of the population of holdings included in the environmental sector. Changes as of 2 April 2021: Figures for 2017, 2018 and 2019 have been added. Figures for previous years have been revised following a revision of the population of holdings included in the environmental sector. Changes as of 16 November 2018: Figures for 2016 have been added. Figures for previous years have been revised following a revision of the population of holdings included in the environmental sector. Environmental activities “Second hand shops (no antiques)” and “Wholesaling of waste and scrap” fall outside the scope of the environmental sector and have therefore been removed. Changes as of 5 October 2017: Preliminary figures for 2015 have been added. The time series has been updated according to the latest estimates. A new variable, Export basic prices, has been added. The underlying encodings of the classifications used in this table have been adjusted. These are now in line with the standard codes laid down by CBS. Changes as of 25 August 2016: Figures for 2014 have been added. Figures for previous years have been revised following a revision of the population of holdings included in the environmental sector. When will there be new figures? New provisional figures are published annually in March.