Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2012, Portugal's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2011, reaching 152.8.

Portugal ranks 13th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.6% (from 161.8 in 2007).

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