PT · 2016 · tespm050_r
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
Portugal, 2016
In 2016, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region decreased by 8.2% compared to 2015, reaching 24.0.
Portugal ranks 21st 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 17.6% (from 29.1 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.