Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex

In 2021, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 46.3% compared to 2020, reaching 89.5.

Bulgaria accounts for 81.0% of the EU-27 total of 110.5.

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 53.8 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.