Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Ireland's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 5.7% compared to 2015, reaching 140.0.

Ireland accounts for 93.3% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Ireland ranks 21st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.9% (from 133.4 in 2011).

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