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Growth in environmental protection expenditure halted in 2023

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release | Environmental protection expenditure accounts 2023

According to Statistics Finland, environmental protection expenditure fell slightly in 2023 and totalled EUR 5.2 billion. Environmental protection expenditure went down by 0.4 per cent from the previous year. The use of environmental protection services grew slightly, but investments in environmental protection fell. The biggest change concerned the category of waste management expenditure where expenditure went down by 6.6 per cent.

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  • The growth in environmental protection expenditure halted in 2023 and fell by 0.4 per cent from the previous year.
  • The biggest changes were directed at environmental protection expenditure of waste management, which fell by 6.6 per cent.
  • Enterprises' environmental protection expenditure was still highest, covering 38.1 per cent of all expenditure.
  • Environmental protection expenditure includes consumption and investments.
  • The statistics cover the public sector, households, mining and quarrying, manufacturing as well as energy supply, and water and waste management.

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Classifications used:
  • Standard Industrial Classification TOL 2008
  • Transaction
  • The classification of environmental protection activities
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Classifications used:
  • The Classification of Sectors
  • Transaction
  • Environmental protection activities
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Environmental protection expenditure accounts [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=2489-6071. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 1.11.2025].
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