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

In 2025, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 15.7% compared to 2024, reaching 77.9.

Portugal accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 99.6.

Portugal ranks 20th 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 0.3% (from 78.1 in 2020).

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