Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Portugal's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2015, reaching 157.8.

Portugal accounts for 105.2% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.4% (from 152.6 in 2011).

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