Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2014, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2013, reaching 146.2.

Germany accounts for 97.4% of the EU-27 total of 150.2.

Germany ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 150.4 in 2009).

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