Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2024, Malta's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 37.1% compared to 2023, reaching 183.2.

Malta accounts for 123.1% of the EU-27 total of 148.8.

Malta ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.7% (from 134.0 in 2019).

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