Belgium vs Poland: Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap

Belgium
52.67
in 2025
Poland
52.43
in 2025
Belgium rank
9th
Poland rank
10th

Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap over time

  • Belgium
  • Poland
0204060200120132025

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 52.67 against 52.43 in Poland, a difference of 0.24.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Poland ahead.

Belgium ranks 9th and Poland ranks 10th of 32 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Poland Difference Ahead
2000s 55.08 66.39 11.31 Poland
2010s 57.49 61.74 4.25 Poland
2020s 56.65 55.35 1.3 Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap, Belgium or Poland?
Belgium, at 52.67 against 52.43 in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap between Belgium and Poland?
0.24, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Poland?
25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Poland rank globally for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap?
Belgium ranks 9th and Poland ranks 10th of 32 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Eurostat, published as Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Poland: Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/tax-rate-on-low-wage-earners-low-wage-trap/belgium/poland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/tax-rate-on-low-wage-earners-low-wage-trap/belgium/poland/">Belgium vs Poland: Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
35 places, 777 data points, 2001–2025
Last refreshed