Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004): Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs was 38 Rate in 2019. ▼ Falling
Latest (2019)
38 Rate
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
2nd
of 5 regions
All-time high
40.8 Rate
in 2000
All-time low
38 Rate
in 2019
Years of data
20
2000–2019
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004), 2000–2019
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Rate.
Analysis
European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) recorded 38 Rate for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) peaked at 40.8 Rate in 2000 and was at its lowest, 38 Rate, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004), year by year
| Year | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.8 Rate | — |
| 2001 | 40.1 Rate | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 40.3 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 40.5 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 40.7 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 40.8 Rate | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 40.5 Rate | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 40.4 Rate | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 40 Rate | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 39.8 Rate | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 39.9 Rate | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 40.1 Rate | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 40.1 Rate | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 39.7 Rate | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 39.1 Rate | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 38.5 Rate | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 38.3 Rate | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 38.2 Rate | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 38.2 Rate | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38 Rate | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.39 Rate | 39.8 Rate | 40.8 Rate | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.01 Rate | 38 Rate | 40.1 Rate | 10 |
Countries ranked near European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
More work & labour data for European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)
- Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 166,756 Million euro (2018)
- Annual net earnings 24,964 (2019)
- Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights 1,000 (2019)
- Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap 73.2 Rate (2019)
- Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children 25,724 Purchasing power standard (PPS) (2019)
- Employed persons with information and communications technology (ICT) 2,231 Thousand (2019)
- Persons with information and communications technology (ICT) 2,412 Thousand (2019)
- Employed persons with information and communications technology (ICT) 2,231 Thousand (2019)
- Employed persons with information and communications technology (ICT) 2,231 Thousand (2019)
- Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 19,034 Thousand persons (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) was 38 Rate in 2019, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.8 Rate in 2000.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 Rate in 2019.
- How does European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) rank for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs?
- European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) ranks 2nd out of 5 regions with data for 2019.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs rising or falling in European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union - 15 countries (1995-2004) 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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