Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2018, Portugal's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 157.8.

Portugal accounts for 105.3% of the EU-27 total of 149.9.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.8% (from 156.6 in 2013).

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