PT · 2021 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Portugal, 2021
In 2021, Portugal's impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex decreased by 23.2% compared to 2020, reaching 60.0.
Portugal accounts for 54.3% of the EU-27 total of 110.5.
Portugal ranks 26th 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 16.7% (from 72.0 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.