Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap was 65.82 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg, 2001–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg is 65.82, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg peaked at 65.82 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.2, in 2001.
Luxembourg ranks 4th of 32 countries on this measure, 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45.2 | — |
| 2002 | 47.8 | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 49.5 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 49.8 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 52.7 | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 52.2 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 53.5 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 49.1 | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 54.9 | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 55.2 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 58.2 | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 57.4 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 57.6 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 57.9 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 56.8 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 57.5 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 54.8 | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 52.7 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 54.3 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 52.9 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 55.1 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 56.2 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 56.9 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 62.81 | +10.4% |
| 2025 | 65.82 | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.52 | 45.2 | 54.9 | 9 |
| 2010s | 56.24 | 52.7 | 58.2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.29 | 52.9 | 65.82 | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2379 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2434 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2321 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8409 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.7733 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 756.65 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 39.27 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 369.69 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 378.3 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 747.99 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap in Luxembourg was 65.82 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 65.82 in 2025.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.2 in 2001.
- How does Luxembourg rank for tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap?
- Luxembourg ranks 4th out of 32 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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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