Documentation of statistics: Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment
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Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2025
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, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2024, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2023, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2022, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2021, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2018, Public sector environmental protection plus environmental related taxes and subsidies 2017, Public sector environmental protection plus environmental related taxes and subsidies 2016, Public sector environmental protection plus environmental related taxes and subsidies 2016, Public sector environmental protection plus environmental related taxes and subsidies 2014, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2013, Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment 2012, The statistics Public Expenditure and Revenue on the Environment are part of the green national accounts. The statistics establishes a link between public expenditure and revenue and public environmental protection activities. The statistics are used, inter alia, in relation to political decisions in the environmental field, environmental economic analyses and international comparisons of the various EU countries' environmental efforts. The statics date back to 1995. , Statistical presentation, The statistics is an annual measurement and consist of three focus areas: environmental protection, green taxes and environmental subsidies. In conjunction with a number of international classifications, these focus areas form the framework for the link between public expenditure and revenues and the public environmental protection activities. The focus areas of the statistics are also linked to a description of the public sector as a sector consisting of state, municipalities, regions and public corporations., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The data sources for this statistics consist of accounts from state, municipalities, regions and public corporations that are coded for national accounts based on the manual of the European National Accounting System (ESA2010) and stored in the database DIOR (Database for Integrated Public Accounts). Based on thorough analyses, a list of criteria is drafted, which determines which account items are to be drawn from DIOR in order to compile the statistics. The selected account items are sorted and aggregated according to environmental purposes and categories, real-economic type and sector., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The figures in these statistics are relevant, among other things, in connection with political decisions in the environmental field, environmental economic analyses and international comparisons of the individual EU countries' environmental efforts. The most obvious users of the statistics are various ministries, agencies and organizations, as well as media and research institutions. Statistics Denmark receives information about the users' needs and satisfaction via the Contact Committee for Environmental Economic Accounts and Statistics., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, It is estimated that green taxes are the most accurate of the three main areas of the statistics, followed by environmental subsidies and environmental protection respectively. Sources of uncertainty include: misstatements in public accounts, the risk of overlooked items, the risk of incorrectly included items, the possibility of misclassification, and uncertainty regarding estimates of the environmental share of various accounts. Furthermore, the industry distribution of green taxes and environmental subsidies is based on a number of assumptions, which are also subject to uncertainty., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics are published annually one month after the publication of the public finance accounts. The figures follow the National Accounts audit schedule and will only be finalized three years after the end of the accounting period. The statistics are usually published without delay in relation to the time announced., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The figures in these statistics are comparable to other statistics in several different ways. Through transmissions to Eurostat, the figures are made comparable with the other EU countries according to Regulation No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts. The figures are comparable over time, and finally the figures are comparable to other figures within the national accounting framework., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published in a Danish , press release, . The figures can be found in the StatBank under , Green Economy, . In addition, these statistics feature in the , Environmental-Economic Accounts, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity
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