Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Malta's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 19.0% compared to 2018, reaching 134.0.

Malta accounts for 89.8% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

Malta ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.6% (from 97.4 in 2014).

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