Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2015, reaching 146.4.

Germany accounts for 97.6% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Germany ranks 18th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.1% (from 146.6 in 2011).

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