Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region

In 2025, Romania's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region increased by 15.4% compared to 2024, reaching 21.7.

Romania ranks 26th 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 37.1% (from 15.8 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.