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

In 2021, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 46.3% compared to 2020, reaching 29.8.

Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 66.5% (from 17.9 in 2016).

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