LV · 2018 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Latvia, 2018
In 2018, Latvia's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 12.8% compared to 2017, reaching 57.3.
Latvia accounts for 58.2% of the EU-27 total of 98.4.
Latvia ranks 26th 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 24.7% (from 76.1 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.