Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Romania's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.7% compared to 2020, reaching 109.6.

Romania accounts for 73.8% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

Romania ranks 27th 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 14.2% (from 96.0 in 2016).

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