Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Estonia's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 10.9% compared to 2020, reaching 138.6.

Estonia accounts for 93.3% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

Estonia ranks 21st 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 10.2% (from 125.8 in 2016).

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