Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2024, Germany's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.4% compared to 2023, reaching 146.6.

Germany accounts for 98.5% of the EU-27 total of 148.8.

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 0.1% (from 146.4 in 2019).

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