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Contributory Social Security pensions. Pensions. By type of pension and sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Contributory Social Security pensions. December. Pensions. By type of pension and sex. Total. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Permanent incapacity Retirement Vidowhood Orphanhood Family favour Total
2014 164,138 1,038,802 388,841 46,398 1,403 1,639,582
2013 165,096 1,021,837 387,559 43,455 1,448 1,619,395
2012 168,158 999,687 385,447 40,371 1,455 1,595,118
2011 167,569 975,775 383,071 37,035 1,557 1,565,007
Units: Pensiones.
Source: Idescat, based on data of Institut Nacional de la Seguretat Social.
Note: From March 2014 onwards, eight municipalities in L'Anoia will change designation and will belong to El Penedès region of the Central Counties.
Contributory Social Security pensions. December. Pensions. By type of pension and sex. Men. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Permanent incapacity Retirement Vidowhood Orphanhood Family favour Total
2014 92,956 588,088 30,367 24,520 261 736,192
2013 93,244 579,727 29,670 22,973 244 725,858
2012 94,299 568,105 29,134 21,374 229 713,141
2011 93,432 555,391 28,316 19,623 224 696,986
Units: Pensiones.
Source:
2011-2012: Idescat, based on data of Institut Nacional de la Seguretat Social.
2013-2014: Idescat, based on data of Institut Nacional de la Seguretat Social.
Note: From March 2014 onwards, eight municipalities in L'Anoia will change designation and will belong to El Penedès region of the Central Counties.
Contributory Social Security pensions. December. Pensions. By type of pension and sex. Women. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Permanent incapacity Retirement Vidowhood Orphanhood Family favour Total
2014 71,182 450,714 358,474 21,878 1,142 903,390
2013 71,852 442,110 357,889 20,482 1,204 893,537
2012 73,859 431,582 356,313 18,997 1,226 881,977
2011 74,137 420,384 354,755 17,412 1,333 868,021
Units: Pensiones.
Source: Idescat, based on data of Institut Nacional de la Seguretat Social.
Note: From March 2014 onwards, eight municipalities in L'Anoia will change designation and will belong to El Penedès region of the Central Counties.

Last update: July 22, 2021.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Contributory Social Security pension
Pension, normally of indefinite duration, paid by Social Security through the National Social Security Institute (INSS) and the Social Marine Institute (ISM), dependent on previous legal relationship with Social Security and having met certain contributory requirements.
Pensions are classified according to the contingency class they cover.
Retirement pension
Economic benefit that consists of a lifelong, single and indefeasible benefit granted to a worker when he/she retires due to age.
Permanent disability pension
Benefit recognised for a worker who, after having received the prescribed treatment and having been given medical clearance, is seriously impaired anatomically or functionally in a foreseeably definitive manner, which reduces or annuls his/her capacity to work.
Widow's or widowers pension
Lifelong economic benefit awarded to those who have been married or were the recognised partner of the deceased satisfies the requirements.
Orphan's pension
Economic benefit granted to the children of the deceased and those of the deceased's spouse, and which satisfy the requirements.
Surviving relatives' pension
Economic benefit granted to relatives that have lived with and depended financially on the deceased and that satisfy the requirements.

Methodological aspects

The benefits are a set of measures taken by Social Security to anticipate, rectify or overcome specific unfortunate situations or specific situations of need, which usually lead to a loss of income or excessive costs for those who suffer from them.

The pensions are economic benefits given by the Social Security, paid periodically and normally lasting for life or until the beneficiary reaches a predetermined age. They can be contributive (when the right is acknowledged by virtue of contributions made) or non-contributive (when the person has no income or insufficient income and the remaining conditions established by the law are met).

The Statistics on Contributory Social Security Pensions are offered from two complementary perspectives: pensions by pensioner's municipality of residence and pensions by the province where the pension is registered.

The Statistics on Pensions and Pensioners by pensioner residence is the result of statistical processing by Idescat using the National Social Security Instituteand the Social Marine InstituteSocial Marine Institute's administrative pensions records, in accordance with a collaboration agreement with these two institutions in 2011. The aim is to obtain information as to the number and size of currently active pensions of the population residing in Catalan municipalities. This information is handled by the Provincial Directorates in Catalonia. Data is from 31 December.

Data for 2015 is not available.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.