Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Netherlands's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.7% compared to 2020, reaching 160.4.

Netherlands accounts for 108.0% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

Netherlands ranks 11th 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 1.4% (from 158.2 in 2016).

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