SE · 2015 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Sweden, 2015
In 2015, Sweden's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 5.6% compared to 2014, reaching 135.9.
Sweden accounts for 141.4% of the EU-27 total of 96.1.
Sweden ranks 6th 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 7.5% (from 146.9 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.