Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2022, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.3% compared to 2021, reaching 146.0.

Germany accounts for 98.4% of the EU-27 total of 148.3.

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 0.4% (from 146.6 in 2017).

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