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

In 2025, Bulgaria's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 2.8% compared to 2024, reaching 80.7.

Bulgaria accounts for 81.0% of the EU-27 total of 99.6.

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 31.9% (from 61.2 in 2020).

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