Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Malta's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 1.8% compared to 2015, reaching 95.8.

Malta accounts for 63.8% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Malta ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 94.2 in 2011).

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