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Environmental protection spending continues to increase

In 2020, national expenditure on environmental protection (NEEP) of the EU Member States amounted to €273 billion. Rising on average by over 2% each year, NEEP increased by 40% since 2006.

As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), expenditure on environmental protection remained relatively stable for the last fifteen years (between 1.8% and 2.0% of GDP).

Source: 
Eurostat, 7 July 2021