Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2024, Estonia's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 1.1% compared to 2023, reaching 141.6.

Estonia accounts for 95.1% of the EU-27 total of 148.8.

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 13.8% (from 124.4 in 2019).

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