Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2019, Sweden's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 1.9% compared to 2018, reaching 156.0.

Sweden accounts for 104.6% of the EU-27 total of 149.2.

Sweden ranks 14th 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 11.3% (from 140.2 in 2014).

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