Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2010, Latvia's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 2.6% compared to 2009, reaching 179.0.

Latvia ranks 1st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.4% (from 174.8 in 2005).

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