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

In 2010, Spain's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 16.4% compared to 2009, reaching 84.4.

Spain accounts for 80.3% of the EU-27 total of 105.1.

Spain 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 grown by 56.6% (from 53.9 in 2005).

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