Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2022, Malta's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 1.4% compared to 2021, reaching 132.2.

Malta accounts for 89.1% of the EU-27 total of 148.3.

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 33.5% (from 99.0 in 2017).

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