Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2010, Ireland's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 2.6% compared to 2009, reaching 132.8.

Ireland ranks 20th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.6% (from 125.8 in 2005).

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