Statistics on Activities for the Protection of the Environment Industry expenditure on environmental protection Expenditure on Environmental Protection by type of expenditure and environmental field Units: euros 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 INVESTMENT Total 905,450,137 613,830,529 736,678,289 619,556,406 599,647,020 638,410,585 547,121,862 554,282,095 556,118,279 624,045,715 684,099,385 764,944,964 1,065,942,887 1,533,797,410 Air and climate protection 422,332,236 325,676,751 458,186,343 381,387,633 371,280,707 428,508,605 319,995,704 295,034,237 266,633,908 240,685,579 274,430,745 339,875,465 542,978,584 823,973,603 Wastewater management 119,658,926 73,596,324 90,399,659 77,969,869 93,628,343 63,491,164 69,761,921 81,416,638 113,238,488 126,180,609 173,383,145 173,148,577 194,741,587 236,532,332 Waste management 97,471,701 72,979,401 67,488,377 61,777,744 34,287,953 36,696,397 38,471,848 63,840,540 48,078,371 66,724,279 62,703,954 91,205,403 114,673,807 143,864,442 Protection and decontamination of land, ground and surface waters 24,580,829 15,179,525 33,693,873 29,291,184 26,276,138 27,752,098 28,725,741 32,078,110 34,569,199 69,078,752 57,221,613 33,471,869 27,781,631 41,197,309 Noise and vibration abatement 7,843,006 9,252,486 12,779,725 9,383,632 11,903,981 7,773,440 6,794,564 5,725,944 7,971,156 9,593,025 9,389,117 13,169,324 13,071,985 34,557,459 Landscape and biodiversity protection 2,022,606 82,938,448 47,013,681 38,203,400 38,484,048 48,793,021 62,268,971 60,833,267 64,851,494 57,952,135 41,870,402 43,281,313 39,937,424 75,395,062 Other environmental protection activities 231,540,833 34,207,594 27,116,631 21,542,944 23,785,850 25,395,860 21,103,113 15,353,359 20,775,663 53,831,336 65,100,409 70,793,013 132,757,869 178,277,203 CURRENT EXPENDITURE Total 2,361,693,853 2,011,683,889 2,055,342,851 2,006,678,089 1,919,764,295 1,851,748,295 1,826,472,996 1,845,886,711 1,755,756,634 1,724,741,197 1,705,233,668 1,619,795,794 1,520,701,493 1,595,581,916 Air and climate protection 308,385,707 255,316,660 270,187,237 288,268,793 285,203,056 261,734,757 281,659,852 297,579,383 274,985,141 .. .. .. .. .. Wastewater management 626,600,004 535,801,726 571,138,258 574,616,060 557,695,916 559,307,543 547,907,818 554,768,560 528,573,553 .. .. .. .. .. Waste management 1,185,067,083 1,029,939,788 1,015,108,961 952,697,070 886,258,298 857,616,748 831,013,428 826,065,121 814,649,889 .. .. .. .. .. Protection and decontamination of land, ground and surface waters 23,660,772 18,932,559 22,153,009 23,400,075 22,284,084 17,160,628 14,747,003 20,208,693 10,461,226 .. .. .. .. .. Noise and vibration abatement 8,282,644 3,655,248 4,183,528 5,085,171 4,694,340 3,655,070 3,990,996 6,170,806 3,688,183 .. .. .. .. .. Landscape and biodiversity protection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Other environmental protection activities 209,697,643 168,037,908 172,571,858 162,610,920 163,628,601 152,273,549 147,153,899 141,094,148 123,398,642 .. .. .. .. .. TOTAL EXPENDITURE Total 3,267,143,990 2,625,514,418 2,792,021,140 2,626,234,495 2,519,411,315 2,490,158,880 2,373,594,858 2,400,168,806 2,311,874,913 2,348,786,912 2,389,333,053 2,384,740,758 2,586,644,380 3,129,379,326 Air and climate protection 730,717,943 580,993,411 728,373,580 669,656,426 656,483,763 690,243,362 601,655,556 592,613,620 541,619,049 .. .. .. .. .. Wastewater management 746,258,930 609,398,050 661,537,917 652,585,929 651,324,259 622,798,707 617,669,739 636,185,198 641,812,041 .. .. .. .. .. Waste management 1,282,538,784 1,102,919,189 1,082,597,338 1,014,474,814 920,546,251 894,313,145 869,485,276 889,905,661 862,728,260 .. .. .. .. .. Protection and decontamination of land, ground and surface waters 48,241,601 34,112,084 55,846,882 52,691,259 48,560,222 44,912,726 43,472,744 52,286,803 45,030,425 .. .. .. .. .. Noise and vibration abatement 16,125,650 12,907,734 16,963,253 14,468,803 16,598,321 11,428,510 10,785,560 11,896,750 11,659,339 .. .. .. .. .. Landscape and biodiversity protection 2,022,606 82,938,448 47,013,681 38,203,400 38,484,048 48,793,021 62,268,971 60,833,267 64,851,494 .. .. .. .. .. Other environmental protection activities 441,238,476 202,245,502 199,688,489 184,153,864 187,414,451 177,669,409 168,257,012 156,447,507 144,174,305 .. .. .. .. .. Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute