Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2024, Romania's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 5.5% compared to 2023, reaching 99.4.

Romania accounts for 66.8% of the EU-27 total of 148.8.

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 fallen by 10.5% (from 111.0 in 2019).

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