IE · 2025 · tespm050

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

Ireland, 2025

Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
154.5
Ireland, 2025
▲ 1.4% vs 2024 (152.3)
Analysis

In 2025, Ireland's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 1.4% compared to 2024, reaching 154.5.

Ireland accounts for 155.1% of the EU-27 total of 99.6.

Ireland ranks 3rd 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 7.3% (from 166.7 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
155.1%
EU-27: 99.6
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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