Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2018, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.1% compared to 2017, reaching 146.4.

Germany accounts for 97.7% of the EU-27 total of 149.9.

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 0.3% (from 146.0 in 2013).

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