Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap by country
Countries reporting
33
Highest
90.43
Luxembourg
Lowest
55.21
Ireland
Median
78.4
Years covered
25
2001–2025
Data points
836
What the numbers show
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 90.43 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 55.21 in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.4, and the mean is 76.38.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 71.4%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 18.9%).
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 90.43 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 89.17 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Czechia | 88.89 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Croatia | 88.37 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 87.53 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 85 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 83.65 | 2025 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 83.5 | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 83.13 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 82.4 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Portugal | 79.91 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 12 | Germany | 79.86 | 2025 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 13 | Spain | 79.72 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 14 | Netherlands | 79.11 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 78.7 | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 16 | Hungary | 78.5 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 78.4 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Sweden | 77.59 | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 77.41 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 76.12 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 21 | Greece | 75.64 | 2025 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 72.95 | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 23 | Estonia | 72.88 | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 24 | France | 72.81 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 25 | Slovenia | 72.71 | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 26 | Japan | 71.1 | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 27 | Finland | 68.88 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 28 | Cyprus | 67.43 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 64.32 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 30 | Romania | 61.86 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 31 | United States of America | 59.7 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 57.8 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 55.21 | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.