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Environmental indicators in Slovenia


Environmental indicators are based on graphs, maps and assessments and as such present environmental trends in Slovenia. The indicators represent one of the four pillars of our environmental reporting, and are prepared in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act. The Environmental Indicators in Slovenia website enables users to browse among 180 indicators. They are based on numerical data and they indicate the state, characteristics and trends of environmental development in Slovenia. They are prepared using a systematic approach based on data and monitoring, as shown in the information pyramid.

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With the national program Green Scheme of Slovenian Tourism, Slovenia has gained a great deal of international recognition and visibility as a green destination in the last few years, which has consequently been followed by an increasing number of foreign tourists every year. It calmed down only during the corona epidemic, now it is rising again. At the same time, tourist activities on farms have developed in Slovenia, which, in their essence, offer closer contact with nature and people.

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The year 2022 was a very special year for electricity generation in Slovenia, as due to problems with coal supply, solid fuel generation was the lowest in the period 1992-2022, and the very dry year also had an impact on the very low electricity generation from RES. This led to a record share of nuclear power in electricity generation (42%) and very low total generation (13.4 TWh), the lowest since 1999.

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In Slovenia, built-up areas continue to increase, representing 5.7% of the land use structure in 2023. In the period 2019-2023 built-up areas were predominantly spread to grasslands (42%), forest (18.6%) and the category other (16.1%), with the total built-up area increasing by 1,618.9 ha over this period. Existing data sources in Slovenia have recently made it possible to evaluate the actual loss of land to development.

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The intensity of SO2, NOx and CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production in public thermal power plants in 2021 was significantly lower than in 2005, with SO2 emissions intensity 94% lower, NOx  71% lower and CO2 28% lower. Compared to the EU-27 average, the intensity of CO2 emissions in Slovenia in 2021 was higher, NOx emissions slightly lower and SO2 emissions significantly lower.

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Over the period 1990-2022, the amount of spent nuclear fuel, the only high-level radioactive waste, increased at an average rate of 5% per year. In the absence of a satisfactory permanent storage solution, there are concerns about the accumulation of this waste.

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Overall, taxes on energy products have alternated between decreasing and increasing over the period 2012-2022 (expressed in constant 2012 prices). With the exception of electricity for typical household consumers, where levies have been increasing over the period 2012-2016, taxation on other energy products has been gradually decreasing. Energy taxes were lower in 2022 compared to 2012. The only exception is the electricity tax for typical industrial consumers, where the direct tax burden increased mainly at the expense of contributions (EE, RES+CHP, CO2 tax).