LV · 2017 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Latvia, 2017
In 2017, Latvia's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2016, reaching 65.7.
Latvia accounts for 67.6% of the EU-27 total of 97.2.
Latvia ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.4% (from 75.9 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.