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

In 2018, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 28.0% compared to 2017, reaching 25.4.

Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 19.1% (from 21.4 in 2013).

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