Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.0% compared to 2018, reaching 146.4.

Germany accounts for 98.1% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

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 grown by 0.1% (from 146.2 in 2014).

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