Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2021, Sweden's tax rate on low wage earners increased by 1.4% compared to 2020, reaching 156.2.

Sweden accounts for 105.1% of the EU-27 total of 148.6.

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 fallen by 1.8% (from 159.0 in 2016).

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