Environmental Protection Expenditure Accounts

The Environmental Protection Expenditure Account (EPEA) is a monetary description of environmental protection activities in accordance with the System of Environmental‑economic Accounting (SEEA) central framework. It is coherent with the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010), which applies to national accounts and related satellite accounts.

Environmental protection (EP) includes all activities and actions which have as their main purpose the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution as well as any other degradation of the environment. The scope of environmental protection expenditure is defined according to the Classification of Environmental Protection Activities (CEPA 2000).

Data source(s) : joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on EPEA. Eurostat sends the questionnaire annually to its member countries, the OECD every two years.

Contact : ENV.Stat@oecd.org

Dataset release date : April 10, 2025

Database documentation