Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.3% compared to 2020, reaching 145.6.

Germany accounts for 98.0% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

Germany ranks 16th 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 0.5% (from 146.4 in 2016).

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