Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Portugal's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.1% compared to 2018, reaching 158.0.

Portugal accounts for 105.9% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

Portugal ranks 12th 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 0.9% (from 156.6 in 2014).

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