Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Netherlands's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 3.2% compared to 2015, reaching 158.2.

Netherlands accounts for 105.4% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Netherlands ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.4% (from 165.4 in 2011).

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