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Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

The 'unemployment trap' measures what percentage of the gross earnings (after moving into employment) is 'taxed away' by the combined effects of the withdrawal of benefits and higher tax and social security contributions.

eu-estat-sdmx:TESEM220

Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap

ESTAT

Publisher
ESTAT
Source
Eurostat (eu-estat-sdmx)
Status
Active
Formats
SDMX-XML
Licence
EU reuse policy (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) — attribution required · open
Standard
SDMX 2.1
Countries
38 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
eu-estat-sdmx:TESEM220
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Tax rate on low wage earners - Unemployment trap carries observations for 38 countries and areas:

Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Switzerland · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022) · Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) · Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) · Estonia · Greece · Spain · European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · Finland · France · Croatia · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Japan · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Sweden · Slovenia · Slovakia · Türkiye · United Kingdom · United States