BE · 2019 · tespm050_r

Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region

Belgium, 2019

Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
41.7
Belgium, 2019
▲ 18.6% vs 2018 (35.2)
Analysis

In 2019, Belgium's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 18.6% compared to 2018, reaching 41.7.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.4% (from 43.6 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#7 of 27
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