Environmental goods and services sector accounts, 2023

Total output of the environmental goods and services sector just over a quarter higher than a year earlier

The environmental goods and services sector employed 33,830 full-time equivalents and generated EUR 3.1 billion of total output in 2023.

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The largest share of the output generated by production activities

Total output of the environmental goods and services sector amounted to EUR 3.1 billion in 2023, which is 27.0% more than a year earlier; mainly due to increased production and higher prices of energy from renewable sources.

The largest share of total output was generated by production activities (EUR 1,142.3 million or 36.6%). The output of producers specialised for environmental services that are registered in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation amounted to EUR 374.5 million or 12.0% of total output. The share of the public sector, which contributed EUR 145.9 million to total output, was 4.8%.

The largest share of environmental goods and services value was produced in the environmental domain management of energy resources (53.7%), followed by waste management (12.8%), wastewater management (10.5%) and protection of ambient air and climate (10.1%).

Exports up at the annual level

Exports in the environmental goods and services sector amounted to EUR 937.6 million, which is 2.9% more than in the previous year; 87.1% of the value came from production activities and 12.7% from specialised environmental activities (mostly export of non-hazardous waste for additional processing or recycling).

Employment also up

In 2023, the output in this sector was generated by 33,830 full-time equivalents, which is 7.4% more than in the previous year.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.

Output of environmental goods and services sector by environmental domains, Slovenia, 2023
Output of environmental goods and services sector by environmental domains, Slovenia, 2023
Environmental goods and services sector, Slovenia
OutputExportsEmployment
202220232023
2022
202220232023
2022
202220232023
2022
EUR million% changeEUR million% changeFTE2)% change
Total1)2,459.73,123.027.0911.0937.72.931,490.933,829.97.4
  specialised producers354.6374.55.6114.2119.34.57,950.68,055.61.3
  production activities1,121.31,142.31.9795.1816.72.77,776.27,520.8-3.3
  energy sector650.51,223.188.0---2,983.13,996.334.0
  other333.3383.114.91.71.70.412,781.014,257.211.6
1) Some totals do not add up due to rounding.
2) Full-time equivalents.
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