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

In 2017, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 10.8% compared to 2016, reaching 19.9.

Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.4% (from 18.2 in 2012).

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