Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2023, Ireland's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 19.6% compared to 2022, reaching 107.4.

Ireland accounts for 72.4% of the EU-27 total of 148.3.

Ireland ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.4% (from 111.2 in 2018).

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