Fossil-fuel subsidies as a share of GDP, 2021
Subsidies are pre-tax and for both the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Production subsidies reduce the cost of producing coal, oil or gas.Consumption subsidies cut fuel prices for the end user, such as by fixing the price at the petrol pump so that it is less than the market rate.
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- Air pollution deaths from fossil fuels
- Annual CO₂ emissions
- Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
- Annual CO₂ emissions from gas
- Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
- Annual change in coal energy consumption
- Annual change in fossil fuel consumption
- Annual change in gas consumption
- Annual change in oil consumption
- Annual percentage change in coal energy consumption
- Annual percentage change in fossil fuel consumption
- Annual percentage change in gas consumption
- Annual percentage change in oil consumption
- CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry
- Carbon dioxide emissions factors
- Coal by end user in the United Kingdom
- Coal consumption
- Coal consumption by region
- Coal output from opencast and deepmines in the United Kingdom
- Coal output per worker in the United Kingdom
- Coal prices
- Coal productionLong-run series
- Coal productionSince 1981
- Coal production and imports in the United KingdomTonnes
- Coal production by region
- Coal production per capita
- Coal production per capita over the long-term
- Coal reserves
- Coal reserves by type
- Cobalt production
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources
- Crude oil prices
- Crude oil spot prices
- Diamond production
- Electricity generation from coal
- Electricity generation from fossil fuels
- Electricity generation from gas
- Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
- Electricity generation from oil
- Electricity generation from solar and wind compared to coal
- Employment in the coal industry in the United Kingdom
- Fossil fuel consumptionBy country
- Fossil fuel consumptionBy type
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel type
- Fossil fuel consumption per capita
- Fossil fuel consumption per capita by sourceLine chart
- Fossil fuel consumption per capita by sourceStacked area chart
- Fossil fuel price index
- Fossil fuel production
- Fossil fuel production over the long-term
- Fossil fuel production per capita
- Fossil-fuel subsidies
- Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita
- GDP per capita vs. energy use
- Gas consumption
- Gas consumption by region
- Gas production
- Gas reserves
- Global fossil fuel consumption
- Gold production
- Graphite production
- Hubbert's peak prediction vs. actual oil production in the United States
- Lithium production
- Material footprint per capita
- Natural gas prices
- Natural gas production by region
- Oil consumption
- Oil consumption by region
- Oil production
- Oil production by region
- Oil production per capita
- Oil reserves
- Per capita CO₂ emissions by fuel type
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from oil
- Per capita energy consumption from coal
- Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita
- Per capita gas consumption
- Per capita oil consumption
- Real commodity price index, metals
- Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear
- Share of electricity production from coal
- Share of electricity production from fossil fuels
- Share of electricity production from gas
- Share of electricity production from oil
- Share of primary energy consumption from coal
- Share of primary energy consumption from fossil fuels
- Share of primary energy consumption from gas
- Share of primary energy consumption from oil
- Share of the workforce employed in the coal industry, United Kingdom
- Total natural resource rents
- Wealth per capita by asset group
- When will countries phase out coal power?
- World crude oil price vs. oil consumption
- Years of fossil fuel reserves left