The Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers Account presents data on subsidies and similar transfers granted by General Government and institutions in the Rest of the World with the aim of protecting the environment and promoting the more efficient management of natural resources. This account, which is compiled for the first time at INE, is part of the third extension of EU Regulation No. 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts.
The Environmental Subsidies and Other Transfers, hereafter referred to as environmental subsidies, received by the resident units of the economy amounted to 6,026 million euros, 20.1% more than in the previous year.
Of these, 3,580 million were granted by Spanish General Government and 2,446 million by the Rest of the World.
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By type, Production subsidies accounted for 50.4% of the environmental subsidies received, 0.8% more than the previous year.
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Energy, an area which includes subsidies for renewable energy and energy savings and efficiency, accounted for 73.1% of the total subsidies received by resident units, registering a year-on-year rate of 16.0% and also making the largest contribution to the overall growth rate in 2024 with 15.232 points.
Secondly, subsidies and transfers for Soils, surface and groundwater, biodiversity and forests accounted for 11.3% of the total with a growth rate of 17.2%.
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(1) Includes Noise and Vibration, Research and Development and other environmental measures.
Environmental subsidies granted by the General Government sector reached 3,593.3 million euros in 2024.
Discounting the transfers granted to the Rest of the world sector (373.3 million) and adding those received by the Rest of the world sector (2,446 million), the resident units of the economy received 6,206 million euros in 2024, 20.1% more than in the previous period.
The Corporations sector received 60.3% of environmental subsidies in 2024, reaching 3,635.2 million euros, 4.0% more than in the previous year.
Within this sector, the activities that received the most environmental subsidies granted by General Government were Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, with 2,862 million euros, Water supply, sanitation, waste management and decontamination activities, with 316 million euros, and Other activities, with 306 million euros.
For their part, the General Governments sector received 2,294.8 million euros, 60.3% more than the previous year.
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The data published today is provisional and will be revised when next year's data is released. All results of this operation are available on INEbase.
This synthesis complies with the reporting requirements of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1131 of 26 March 2025, amending EU Regulation No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards climate change mitigation investments and introducing the classification of environmental purposes.
The objective of the Environmental Accounts (EA) is to integrate environmental information into the central system of National Accounts in a coherent way. They include a set of satellite accounts, which are transmitted annually, compiled using the accounting formats applicable to the different sectoral and territorial areas, with a major presence of physical data. They display the interactions among the economy, households and environmental factors.
The Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers Account presents data on subsidies and similar transfers granted by General Government and institutions in the Rest of the World with the aim of protecting the environment and promoting the more efficient management of natural resources.
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