Total Cost of Environmental Conservation in Korea

The total cost of environmental conservation is 3,657 billion won in Korea. This accounts for 0.39% of the Korean gross domestic product (real GDP) of 946,248 billion won (fiscal year 2008).

Rate of Water Environment Cost to All the Environmental Conservation Cost

Among the environmental conservation cost of 3,551 billion won, the cost of water environmental conservation is 1,778 billion won (Fiscal year 2008).

The main purpose for spending is sewer maintenance, maintenance of effluent treatment facilities, and environmental pollution control. The rate of the cost of these items is higher than any other item