In 2016, the value of environmentally related taxes was 4.796 billion euro, representing 7.5% of total revenue from taxes and social contributions (7.0% in 2015). That value corresponds to an increase of 10.5% compared to 2015, higher than the increase observed for total revenue from taxes and social contributions (+2.8%).
According to information available for 2015, in Portugal, the share of environmentally related taxes in total revenue from taxes and social contributions was higher (7.0%) than the EU28 average (6.3%).