GERMANY

Premature deaths from air pollution (PM2.5 and PM10)
26,160

Outdoor air pollution related economic cost of premature deaths
$145bn

Public healthcare spending per year
$437bn

Fossil fuel production subsidies
$5.4bn

Renewable energy subsidies
$22bn

Stay tuned! The HEAL report on fossil fuel subsidies and comparative health costs will be published in early 2017. Please leave us your email address if you would like us to send you the report when it is released.

In the meantime you can read HEAL´s report on coal and health: The Unpaid Health Bill – How coal power plants make us sick.

Sources:
WHO Premature deaths from AP (2014) http://bit.ly/1jpGo4S
WHO Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe (2015)
WHO Health System Financing Profiles (2014) http://bit.ly/1G6VZlY
Overseas Development Institute/Oil Change International (2015) http://bit.ly/2lfgjbm