Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2012, Latvia's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2011, reaching 179.2.

Latvia ranks 3rd 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 3.5% (from 173.2 in 2007).

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