Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2010, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 2.3% compared to 2009, reaching 147.0.

Germany ranks 16th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.0% (from 150.0 in 2005).

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