Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus

Cyprus: Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap was 67.43 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
67.43
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
28th
of 33 countries
All-time high
67.43
in 2025
All-time low
62.4
in 2007
Years of data
13
2005–2025

Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus, 2005–2025

02040602005201520252005: 62.72006: 62.52007: 62.42014: 64.32017: 64.22018: 642019: 64.42020: 66.12021: 66.82022: 66.62023: 66.22024: 67.32025: 67.4

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

In 2025, tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus stood at 67.43. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus peaked at 67.43 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 62.4, in 2007.

That places Cyprus 28th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus, year by year

Annual values for Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus, 2005 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2005 62.7
2006 62.5 -0.3%
2007 62.4 -0.2%
2014 64.3 +3.0%
2017 64.2 -0.2%
2018 64 -0.3%
2019 64.4 +0.6%
2020 66.1 +2.6%
2021 66.8 +1.1%
2022 66.6 -0.3%
2023 66.2 -0.6%
2024 67.3 +1.7%
2025 67.43 +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 62.53 62.4 62.7 3
2010s 64.22 64 64.4 4
2020s 66.74 66.1 67.43 6

Countries ranked near Cyprus

  1. 25 Slovenia 72.71 compare
  2. 26 Japan 71.1 compare
  3. 27 Finland 68.88 compare
  4. 29 Slovakia 64.32 compare
  5. 30 Romania 61.86 compare
  6. 31 United States 59.7 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus?
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Cyprus was 67.43 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap recorded in Cyprus?
The highest recorded value was 67.43 in 2025.
What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap recorded in Cyprus?
The lowest recorded value was 62.4 in 2007.
How does Cyprus rank for tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap?
Cyprus ranks 28th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
Is tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap rising or falling in Cyprus?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cyprus data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap
Source
Eurostat
Licence
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Coverage
39 places, 836 data points, 2001–2025
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