BG · 2015 · tespm050_r
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
Bulgaria, 2015
In 2015, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 11.9% compared to 2014, reaching 22.5.
Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.6% (from 23.6 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.