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

In 2010, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 22.2% compared to 2009, reaching 96.6.

Portugal accounts for 91.9% of the EU-27 total of 105.1.

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 73.5 in 2005).

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