Efficiency of Environmental Protection Expenditures in EU Countries

Environmental protection policy is a widely discussed issue in scientific works. However, special attention should be also paid to the effectiveness of expenditures on environmental protection, and this main goal paper. The countries European Union were selected for analysis due fact that, recent years, region has become an informal world leader with respect implementation measures field protection. For that reason, data envelopment methodology was used, which allows calculation input-output efficiency years 2005–2015. shows among 30 analyzed countries, most effective actions Finland. hypothesis higher does not result better results been confirmed. Our confirmed problem deteriorating across Member States, caused by increases spending. This research may contribute discussion design its assessment, as well measurement.