PT · 2019 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Portugal, 2019
In 2019, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 1.8% compared to 2018, reaching 72.7.
Portugal accounts for 74.2% of the EU-27 total of 97.9.
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 10.2% (from 80.9 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.