According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the total environmental protection expenditures in 2023 amounted to 8 875 771 thousand denars.
The total environmental protection expenditures are allocated by ecological use as follows: the greatest is the share of expenditures on wastewater management (35.01%) followed by the share of expenditures on waste management (28.31%) and expenditures on circulating water supply (20.93%).
Environmental expenditures include two components: investments in assets for environmental protection and expenditures on maintenance of assets for environmental protection. The share of investments in the total environmental protection expenditures amounted to 62.23%, and the share of expenditures on maintenance of assets for environmental protection was 37.77%.
Of the total environmental expenditures, the greatest amount was spent in the industry sector and specialised producers, 4 381 994 thousand denars, i.e. 49.37%.
Of the total environmental expenditures made in the industry sector and specialised producers, 32.82% were intended for investments and 67.18% for asset maintenance.
Of the total payments and fees for environmental protection services, the greatest is the share of payments and fees for waste management, 88.47%.