In 2015, the environmental goods and services sector accounted for 2.8% of the GVA of the economy, 3.3% of exports and 2.3% of employment, presenting a higher growth than the national economy in the main economic variables analyzed, such as GVA (5.5% vs. 3.6%) and Exports (13.1% vs. 4.7%). The environmental domains that contributed most to this sector GVA were management of energy resources (35.7%), waste management (16.9%) and management of water (14.3%).
In 2014 the relative weight of the environmental goods and services sector GVA in the national GVA was 2.7%, higher than the EU28 (2.3%).
In 2015, the National Expenditure on Environmental Protection (NEEP) amounted 2,510.2 M€ (1.4% of GDP).