Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

In 2024, Sweden's tax rate on low wage earners decreased by 0.8% compared to 2023, reaching 155.2.

Sweden accounts for 104.3% of the EU-27 total of 148.8.

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 fallen by 0.5% (from 156.0 in 2019).

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