The share of contribution from environmental taxes varied significantly across member states, with highest shares recorded in Latvia (10.9%), Bulgaria (9.8%), Greece (9.5%), Slovenia (9.4%) and Croatia (9.3%).
On the other end of the spectrum, the smallest shares were observed in Luxembourg (4.4%), Germany (4.5%) and Sweden (4.8%).
In 2018, environmental tax revenue in the EU totaled EUR 324.6 billion, a 3% increase in nominal terms from the previous year and 49% higher than in 2002, Eurostat says.
The agency adds that energy taxes accounted for the largest share (77.7%) of the EU environmental tax revenue two years ago, followed by transport taxes (19.1%), and pollution and resource taxes (3.3%).
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