Green economy

The green economy seeks a balance between human needs and the conservation of natural resources. More energy and material-efficient production, protecting the environment, manufacturing products with higher value-added as well as eco-design should ensure that human activities are more compatible with the nature's cycles and not a burden on nature.

Green economy statistics provide an overview of the environmental goods and services sector’s

  • output;
  • exports;
  • employment;
  • value added;
  • share in total economy.

Based on statistics, the state can decide how to manage resources sustainably.

Output of environmental goods and services sector 3.74 billion euros
10.61%
2020
Value added of environmental goods and services sector 1.41 billion euros
7.13%
2020
Exports of environmental goods and services sector 596.3 million euros
8.4%
2020
Employment of environmental goods and services sector 37,538.1 full time equivalent
16.4%
2020
Output of environmental goods and services sector | 2017–2020
Value added of environmental goods and services sector | 2017–2020
Employment of environmental goods and services sector | 2017–2020
Output of environmental goods and services sector | 2017 – 2020
Unit: million euros
2017 2018 2019 2020
Output, million euros 2,935 3,164 3,378 3,736

Value added of environmental goods and services sector | 2017 – 2020
Unit: million euros
2017 2018 2019 2020
Value added, million euros 1,187 1,256 1,320 1,414

Employment of environmental goods and services sector | 2017 – 2020
Unit: full time equivalent
2017 2018 2019 2020
Employment, full time equivalent 31,702 30,620 32,257 37,538

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