DE · 2017 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Germany, 2017
In 2017, Germany's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 4.5% compared to 2016, reaching 99.6.
Germany accounts for 102.5% of the EU-27 total of 97.2.
Germany ranks 15th 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 1.6% (from 101.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.