Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Italy's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.1% compared to 2015, reaching 163.4.

Italy accounts for 108.9% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Italy ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.8% (from 154.4 in 2011).

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