Data presented in Green budgeting in OECD countries were generated by country responses to the 2020 OECD and European Commission – Joint Survey on Emerging Green Practices distributed to all OECD countries and European Union member states. Responses are based upon self-reporting from governments, representing the country’s own assessment of current practices and procedures. Respondents were largely from Central Budgetary Authorities. The survey results do not capture practices of green budgeting at subnational levels of government if there is not an existing practice at the central level.
Data collection began in July 2020 and ended in September 2020. Preliminary findings were presented and shared at the virtual meeting of the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action Green Budgeting on 5 October 2020. During the review process, countries were invited to verify and clarify any substantial changes from the earlier data, potential inconsistencies and outliers. The data in this report show the total number of OECD countries where the data is available from OECD countries.
All results and figures from this report are from the joint 2020 OECD and European Commission survey on Emerging Green Budgeting Practices.