Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2011, Ireland's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.5% compared to 2010, reaching 133.4.

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 2.6% (from 130.0 in 2006).

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