Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2016, Slovakia's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 0.4% compared to 2015, reaching 140.6.

Slovakia accounts for 93.7% of the EU-27 total of 150.1.

Slovakia ranks 20th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 139.4 in 2011).

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