Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025): Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap was 58.1 Rate in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), 2013–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Rate.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) is 58.1 Rate, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.6% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) peaked at 58.1 Rate in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.21 Rate, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), year by year
| Year | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 48.55 Rate | — |
| 2014 | 48.22 Rate | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 48.09 Rate | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 48.87 Rate | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 47.38 Rate | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 46.99 Rate | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 46.06 Rate | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 45.25 Rate | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 45.66 Rate | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 45.26 Rate | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 45.21 Rate | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 49.84 Rate | +10.2% |
| 2025 | 58.1 Rate | +16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.74 Rate | 46.06 Rate | 48.87 Rate | 7 |
| 2020s | 48.22 Rate | 45.21 Rate | 58.1 Rate | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
More work & labour data for Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
- Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 96.8 Index (2025)
- Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 352,767 Thousand persons (2026)
- Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 67.24 million Thousand hours worked (2026)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 104.36 Index, 2020=100 (2026)
- Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 352,258 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 15.3 Euro (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 51,903 Euro (2025)
- Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 267.01 million Thousand hours worked (2025)
- Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 265.89 million Thousand hours worked (2024)
- Labour input in construction - quarterly data 107.7 Index, 2021=100 (2026)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) was 58.1 Rate in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 58.1 Rate in 2025.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.21 Rate in 2023.
- How does Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) rank for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap?
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) ranks 1st out of 2 regions with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap rising or falling in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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