Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Italy's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.2% compared to 2018, reaching 163.2.

Italy accounts for 109.4% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

Italy ranks 11th 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 1.5% (from 160.8 in 2014).

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