PT · 2017 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 6.4% compared to 2016, reaching 67.4.
Portugal accounts for 69.3% of the EU-27 total of 97.2.
Portugal ranks 22nd 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 23.2% (from 87.8 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.