Component 11: Social expenditure to compensate for negative environmental impacts (costs of avoidance and repair)

Definition

This component covers the expenditures for environmental protection by the public and private sector. Both current expenses and investments are considered (in prices of 2010).

Effect on the NWI:

Description and meaning of the component

The expenditures for environmental protection are deducted because they compensate for earlier negative externalities of economic and human activities.

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Development of the component

Social expenditure to compensate for negative environmental impacts

(in prices of 2010)

billion Euro

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source: Statistisches Bundesamt, graphic account by FEST/FFU