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

In 2010, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 22.2% compared to 2009, reaching 32.2.

Portugal ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 31.4% (from 24.5 in 2005).

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