Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022): Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs was 39.6 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022), 2005–2022
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) is 39.6, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) peaked at 42.8 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 39.6, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 42.8 | — |
| 2006 | 42.4 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 42.2 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 42 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 41.9 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 42.1 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 42.6 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 42.8 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 42.5 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 41.9 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 41.3 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 41 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 40.8 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 40.8 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40.6 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 39.7 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 39.7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 39.6 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.26 | 41.9 | 42.8 | 5 |
| 2010s | 41.64 | 40.6 | 42.8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.67 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
More work & labour data for Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
- Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 348,851 (2026)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 106.01 (2026)
- Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 348,257 (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 15.3 (2025)
- Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 263.94 million (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 52,114 (2025)
- Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 262.44 million (2024)
- Labour input in construction - quarterly data 104.9 (2024)
- Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - quarterly data 103.4 (2024)
- Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 183,186 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) was 39.6 in 2022, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8 in 2005.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.6 in 2022.
- How does Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) rank for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs?
- Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) ranks 1st out of 5 regions with data for 2022.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs rising or falling in Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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