Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2012, Ireland's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 2.7% compared to 2011, reaching 129.8.

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 fallen by 4.0% (from 135.2 in 2007).

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