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Non contributory Social Security pensions. By type. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Non contributory Social Security pensions. Pensions and average pension (month of december) . By type. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2025
Invalidity Retirement
Pensions (number) Average pension (euros) Pensions (number) Average pension (euros)
Alt Camp 144 564 207 538
Alt Empordà 513 573 1,031 524
Alt Penedès 254 575 510 527
Alt Urgell 54 599 116 522
Alta Ribagorça 5 656 7 454
Anoia 404 595 606 536
Aran 9 526 28 532
Bages 407 584 846 524
Baix Camp 1,045 580 1,347 536
Baix Ebre 549 581 566 534
Baix Empordà 432 576 948 527
Baix Llobregat 2,109 582 3,872 527
Baix Penedès 422 566 892 522
Barcelonès 8,862 580 15,650 529
Berguedà 82 575 177 523
Cerdanya 22 596 51 510
Conca de Barberà 48 590 87 525
Garraf 358 583 927 517
Garrigues 55 585 121 525
Garrotxa 96 620 232 522
Gironès 697 589 995 524
Lluçanès 1 847 12 526
Maresme 1,078 584 2,796 525
Moianès 22 560 50 511
Montsià 477 578 552 518
Noguera 113 564 230 533
Osona 207 574 702 528
Pallars Jussà 31 550 79 540
Pallars Sobirà 16 586 29 526
Pla d'Urgell 112 573 218 524
Pla de l'Estany 51 566 120 530
Priorat 37 575 56 506
Ribera d'Ebre 139 579 167 529
Ripollès 35 596 77 517
Segarra 55 579 91 536
Segrià 772 590 1,315 532
Selva 493 587 1,086 522
Solsonès 23 579 64 531
Tarragonès 1,079 579 1,662 527
Terra Alta 38 577 77 516
Urgell 109 593 244 523
Vallès Occidental 2,639 579 4,168 526
Vallès Oriental 841 585 1,708 523
Catalonia 24,935 581 44,719 527
Metropolità 15,529 581 28,199 527
Comarques Gironines 2,317 584 4,493 524
Camp de Tarragona 2,353 578 3,359 531
Terres de l'Ebre 1,203 579 1,362 526
Ponent 1,211 586 2,214 530
Comarques Centrals 768 581 1,876 526
Alt Pirineu i Aran 137 583 306 525
Penedès 1,417 579 2,910 524
Barcelona 17,268 581 32,020 527
Girona 2,332 584 4,538 524
Lleida 1,357 585 2,548 530
Tarragona 3,978 577 5,613 528
Source: Idescat, a partir de les dades del Departament de Drets Socials i Inclusió.

Last update: July 15, 2026.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Permanent incapacity pension or invalidity
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.
Retirement pension
Economic benefit that consists of a lifelong, single and indefeasible benefit granted to a worker when he/she retires due to age.
Non contributory Social Security Pension
Financial aid incorporated in the Social Security system to benefit people that, in a state of protectable need, do not have enough financial resources of their own to subsist, even if they have never contributed or not for the time needed to reach contributory benefit level.

Methodological aspects

Non-contributory Social Security pensions were created in late 1990 (Act 26/1990, from 20 December) and replaced the two types of benefits that had covered comparable needs until that point. These were the welfare pensions for old age and illness, and the guaranteed minimum income benefit for people with disabilities.

There are two types of non-contributory pensions, one for retirement and one for disability. The retirement pension is available for those aged 65 or over, whilst the disability pension is available for those aged 18 or over a with a degree of disability of at least 65%. In any case, in order to receive them, income must be less than the basic pension amount the applicant profile would be entitled to. The amount received is fixed so that the total income of the recipient shall not exceed the basic pension amount.

A partir de l'any 2014, les pensions d'invalidesa de les persones de més de 64 anys s'inclouen dins les pensions de jubilació.

This is the only financial Social Security benefit that has been devolved and is managed and awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya, although it is paid by the General Treasury of Social Security. Data is from 31 December.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.