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

In 2025, Sweden's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region decreased by 5.5% compared to 2024, reaching 38.3.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.2% (from 42.7 in 2020).

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