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

In 2016, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region decreased by 20.5% compared to 2015, reaching 17.9.

Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 5.6% (from 19.0 in 2011).

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