§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of GDP is raised in(a) the UK and (b) each other country belonging to the OECD as environmental taxation, (i) including and (ii) excluding taxation of energy. [143289]
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§ Mr. MorleyThe OECD's latest published figures for environmental taxation as a percentage of GDP are given in the following table. The environmental tax estimates include energy taxes but these are not published separately.
Member country Environmental taxation as a percentage of GDP in 2001 for
each OECD member country
Australia 1.93 Austria 3.01 Belgium 2.27 Canada 1.33 Czech Republic 2.93 Denmark 4.70 Finland 3.03 France 2.22 Germany 2.58 Greece 2.53 Hungary 2.72 Iceland 2.50 Ireland 2.36 Italy Not available Japan 1.74 Korea 3.40 Luxembourg 2.86 Mexico 1.75 Netherlands 3.65 New Zealand 1.57 Norway 3.05 Poland 1.95 Portugal 2.94 Slovak Republic 2.06 Spain 1.89 Sweden 2.80 Switzerland 2.20 Turkey 3.79 United Kingdom 2.85 United States 0.96