PT · 2018 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 5.9% compared to 2017, reaching 71.4.
Portugal accounts for 72.5% of the EU-27 total of 98.4.
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 10.8% (from 80.0 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.