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

In 2024, Ireland's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region decreased by 12.1% compared to 2023, reaching 50.8.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.0% (from 58.4 in 2019).

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