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

In 2025, Romania's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 15.4% compared to 2024, reaching 65.1.

Romania accounts for 65.4% of the EU-27 total of 99.6.

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 47.5 in 2020).

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