BE · 2017 · tespm050_r
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region
Belgium, 2017
In 2017, Belgium's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex and NUTS 2 region decreased by 3.6% compared to 2016, reaching 40.0.
Belgium 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 10.7% (from 44.8 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050_r, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.