Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta
Malta: Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap was 84.18 Rate in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Rate.
Analysis
Malta recorded 84.18 Rate for tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 72.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta peaked at 84.77 Rate in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47.1 Rate, in 2011.
Malta ranks 10th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta, year by year
| Year | Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50.2 Rate | — |
| 2006 | 49.6 Rate | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 49.5 Rate | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 48.8 Rate | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 48.7 Rate | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 48.7 Rate | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 47.1 Rate | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 47.4 Rate | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 47.4 Rate | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 48.7 Rate | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 48.8 Rate | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 47.9 Rate | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 49.5 Rate | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 56.3 Rate | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 67 Rate | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 63.9 Rate | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 65.2 Rate | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 66.1 Rate | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 66.8 Rate | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 84.77 Rate | +26.9% |
| 2025 | 84.18 Rate | -0.7% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 84.18 Rate is above the median for high income countries, which is 76.12 Rate, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +26.9% | 66.8 Rate | 84.77 Rate |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.36 Rate | 48.7 Rate | 50.2 Rate | 5 |
| 2010s | 50.88 Rate | 47.1 Rate | 67 Rate | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.83 Rate | 63.9 Rate | 84.77 Rate | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Malta
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7863 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8415 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.2041 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 404.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 168.51 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 191.42 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 359.93 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap in Malta was 84.18 Rate in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 84.77 Rate in 2024.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1 Rate in 2011.
- How does Malta rank for tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap?
- Malta ranks 10th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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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