Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2017, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2016, reaching 146.6.

Germany accounts for 98.0% of the EU-27 total of 149.6.

Germany ranks 18th 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 0.0% (from 146.6 in 2012).

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