In 2017, total expenditures for environmental protection amounted to RSD 34400.3 million, which is by 2.7% lower than in the previous year. In the structure of the total expenditures for environmental protection, share of environmental protection investments amounted to 19.2%, while current expenditures had the share of 80.8%.

The greatest share in structure of environmental protection investments in 2017 related to waste management, and amounted to 37.5% (RSD 2 474.8 mill).

 Current expenditures for environmental protection in 2017 amounted to RSD 27 807.5 mill, presenting the increase of RSD 5 263.1 mill, relative to the previous year.

The greatest share in structure of current environmental protection expenditures in 2017 related to waste management, and amounted to 63.9% (RSD 17 760.7 mill.).

In the structure of environmental protection investments by industry sections, share for prevention of environmental pollution amounted to 34.8% (RSD 1 107.6 mill.), while investments for pollution treatment encompassed 65.2% (RSD 2 072.6 mill.).

In 2017, share of environmental protection expenditures in Gross domestic product equalled 0.7%.