BG · 2016 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Bulgaria, 2016
In 2016, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 20.5% compared to 2015, reaching 53.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 56.6% of the EU-27 total of 94.9.
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 56.9 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.