Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Cyprus's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.6% compared to 2018, reaching 128.8.

Cyprus accounts for 86.4% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

Cyprus ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.2% (from 128.6 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem220, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.