Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2020, Sweden's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 1.3% compared to 2019, reaching 154.0.

Sweden accounts for 104.2% of the EU-27 total of 147.8.

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 10.6% (from 139.2 in 2015).

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