Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2018, Romania's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 18.9% compared to 2017, reaching 112.0.

Romania accounts for 74.7% of the EU-27 total of 149.9.

Romania ranks 26th 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 7.9% (from 103.8 in 2013).

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