Selected environmental performance indicators
Environment-related tax revenue has declined since 2010
Transformation of municipal waste management
Oil shale mining waste recovery rose until 2012, but has since declined
Estonia is a top-performing economy among OECD member countries
Fossil fuels dominate the energy mix
Renewable energy supply increased
Energy consumption grew, while its intensity decreased
GHG emissions are decoupled from economic growth, but continue to increase
Air emissions have decreased
Nitrogen inputs did not decouple from agricultural production
Forests are intensively used
A medium-stressed water country, with most freshwater abstracted for power plant cooling
Energy Structure and Intensity
Road transport
GHG emissions and intensity
CO2 emissions and intensity
SOx emissions and intensity
NOx emissions and intensity
PM2.5 emissions and intensity
Waste generation and management
Domestic material consumption
Agricultural inputs and livestock density
Fish catches and threatened species
Water abstraction and wastewater treatment
More violations detected with fewer inspections
Significant funds allocated for clean-up of contaminated sites
Rapid growth of ISO 14001 EMS certifications in Estonia
Environment-related tax revenue has declined since 2010 (graph)
Large differences in the effective carbon rate on energy use
Households bear a significant share of fuel and electricity taxes
Extraction and waste disposal taxes provide most revenues (2010 prices)
Significant increase in air and water pollution tax rates since 2000
Distribution of environmental expenditure by the public sector, 2012
Distribution of environmental expenditure by the business sector, 2013
The energy sector dominates green employment, 2010
Public R&D spending on the environment rose, while share for energy declined
Estonia lags behind many OECD member countries in green patents
Estonia's net ODA has grown steadily since 2000
Environmental projects accounted for a large share of bilateral support for infrastructure, 1998-2012
Environmentally related taxes
Green Innovation
International development co-operation
Estonia's material productivity has declined since 2000
Mining and energy production generate most waste, hazardous waste generation grows
Services and waste management generate most hazardous waste outside the oil shale sector, 2012
Estonia has transformed municipal waste treatment in recent years
A high share of construction and demolition waste is recovered
Greenhouse gas emissions from the waste sector declined from 2000 to 2013
Waste disposal taxes for MSW have risen steadily
Estonia's imports of municipal solid waste have increased sharply
The deposit-refund system met its 2013 targets
Estonia's imports of hazardous waste have grown since 2001
Oil shale use correlates with oil price dynamics
Exports of electricity and shale oil boost oil shale production
Domestic extraction of construction materials in relation to GDP
Oil shale mining waste recovery rose until 2012, but has since declined (graph)
Generation of hazardous ash and semi-coke rose since 2005
Ida-Viru accounts for the lion's share of Estonia's air pollution
The oil shale sector is the biggest payer of pollution taxes, 2013
The tax rates for waste disposal from oil shale mining, combustion and refining have risen