SE · 2025 · tespm050

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

Sweden, 2025

Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
115.0
Sweden, 2025
▼ 5.5% vs 2024 (121.7)
Analysis

In 2025, Sweden's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 5.5% compared to 2024, reaching 115.0.

Sweden accounts for 115.5% of the EU-27 total of 99.6.

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 128.1 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#10 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
115.5%
EU-27: 99.6
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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