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

In 2025, Latvia's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 2.5% compared to 2024, reaching 22.0.

Latvia ranks 25th 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 6.0% (from 23.4 in 2020).

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