Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Malta's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 2.0% compared to 2020, reaching 130.4.

Malta accounts for 87.8% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

Malta ranks 24th 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 36.1% (from 95.8 in 2016).

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