SE · 2025 · tespm050
Impact of social transfers (excluding pensions) on poverty reduction by sex
Sweden, 2025
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.