Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2012, Sweden's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 1.9% compared to 2011, reaching 146.0.

Sweden ranks 17th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.0% (from 166.0 in 2007).

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