PT · 2012 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Portugal, 2012
In 2012, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex increased by 0.4% compared to 2011, reaching 87.8.
Portugal accounts for 88.8% of the EU-27 total of 98.8.
Portugal ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.0% (from 75.6 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.