Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2012, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.0% compared to 2011, reaching 146.6.

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 149.6 in 2007).

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