Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2020, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.3% compared to 2019, reaching 146.0.

Germany accounts for 98.8% of the EU-27 total of 147.8.

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 0.1% (from 146.2 in 2015).

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