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Fossil fuel subsidies

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This indicator offers data about subsidies for fossil fuels. The information is provided in form of proportion rates of the full cost of supply in percentage. Its differentiates between coal, oil, gas and electricity. Also subsidies as amount per citizen, total subsidies as share of GDP and average subsidies rate are provided. (http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energysubsidies/ [2])

Unit of Measurement: 

percentage & money per person

Link to Data: 

http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energysubsidies/fossilfuelsubsidydat… [3]

Description to get data: 

This link leads you to the interactive map: http://www.iea.org/subsidy/index.html Recent developments can be found here: http://www.iea.org/media/weowebsite/developmentsenergysubsidies.pdf

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Non-governmental organisation [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Colombia
Ecuador
Egypt
Gabon
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Libya
Mexico
Myanmar
Nigeria
Pakistan
Peru
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Fuel prices [7]
Relationship explanation: 
Fuel subsidies are included in market fuel prices.
Type of relation: 
Aggregated indicator which includes the component

Temporal Coverage: 

2013

Frequency of Updates: 

  • irregular [8]

Link to Methodology: 

Link to Methodology [9]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Aggregate [10]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Fossil fuel subsidies are negative for Green Economy, since they hamper the transition towards clean energy sources. At the same time they are partly seen as a negative investment and economically disadvantageous. Fossil fuel subsidies potentially hide economic costs of its production, transport and distribution (beside hidden externalities which are generally mostly excluded). A low fossil fuel subsidy rate is positive for moving towards Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [11]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are fuel subsidies decreasing, but the fuel prices stay low (due to low market prices)?
Related Indicator: 
Fuel prices [7]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are subsidies being cut, but fuel consumption stays on a high Level?
Related Indicator: 
Final energy consumption by sector and fuel [12]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/fossil-fuel-subsidies

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/3121
[2] http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energysubsidies/
[3] http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energysubsidies/fossilfuelsubsidydatabase/
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/49
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/fuel-prices
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/21
[9] http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energysubsidies/methodology/
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/28
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/final-energy-consumption-sector-and-fuel