Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy
Italy: Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap was 97.09 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy, 2001–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Italy recorded 97.09 for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 202.9% on the previous year and up 130.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy peaked at 97.09 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.6, in 2003.
That places Italy 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 35.5 | — |
| 2002 | 35.9 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 29.6 | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 30.5 | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 31.5 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 39 | +23.8% |
| 2007 | 40.9 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 40.2 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 41.8 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 42.3 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 43 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 43.2 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 43 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 42.9 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 42.1 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 41.9 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 41.9 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 41.9 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 42.6 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 42.1 | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 42.2 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 40.9 | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 41 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 32.05 | -21.8% |
| 2025 | 97.09 | +202.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.1 | 29.6 | 41.8 | 9 |
| 2010s | 42.48 | 41.9 | 43.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.22 | 32.05 | 97.09 | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.6708 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6794 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.662 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.0094 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 44,671 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 10,422 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 17,512 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 17,865 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 35,377 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Italy was 97.09 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 97.09 in 2025.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.6 in 2003.
- How does Italy rank for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap?
- Italy ranks 1st out of 32 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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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