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Published: 9 October 2012

Public sector environmental protection expenditure grew slightly

Public sector environmental protection expenditure grew between 2007 and 2009 on average 2.4 per cent per year. Public sector environmental protection expenditure totalled some EUR 1.3 billion in 2009. Slightly less than one-half, or EUR 635 million, of this expenditure was financed with revenue. The central government's share of the expenditure was 51 per cent and that of local government 49 per cent. That means the central government’s share grew slightly compared to previous years. The biggest part of the public sector expenditure, that is EUR 710 million, consisted of operating expenditure.

Public sector investment and operating expenditure in environmental protection 2007–2010

1) Due to considerable unique rearrangements in local government environmental services, comparable data are not available for the year 2010.

In 2010 the operating expenditure remained unchanged, while the revenue grew to EUR 656 million. There are no comparable data on the total sum of public sector expenditure and investments for the year 2010 because of considerable rearrangements in local government environmental services.

The operating expenditure of central government environment protection was EUR 258 million in 2009. This consisted mostly of administrative and acquisition expenditure. Central government paid out a total of EUR 381 million as investment and other grants, most of which went to agriculture as agroenvironmental grants and the remainder went to enterprises. In 2009 central government environment protection expenditure totalled EUR 683 million, and remained almost the same in 2010 as well.

The operating expenditure of local government environment protection was roughly EUR 452 million in 2009. Of the municipal investments which totalled EUR 202 million, 97 per cent were allocated to sewage and waste management and only 3 per cent to other environmental protection and administration.

The volume of municipal environmental protection investments can vary considerably from year to year. Municipalities are able to cover their operating expenditure and most of the environmental protection investments with their revenue from sewage and waste management. Central government grants pay for a part of the investments.

Between 2007 and 2009, public sector environmental protection expenditure totalled an average of EUR 1.3 billion per year. During the same period, environmental protection expenditure in industry amounted to good EUR 700 million per year.

Source: Public sector environmental protection expenditure 2010, Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 2. Environmental protection expenditure by public sector, 2007 - 2010 (9.10.2012)

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Updated 9.10.2012