Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2017, Italy's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.1% compared to 2016, reaching 163.2.

Italy accounts for 109.1% of the EU-27 total of 149.6.

Italy ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.5% (from 156.2 in 2012).

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