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

Non contributory Social Security pensions. Pensions and annual amount. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2008
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 105 432,902 148 723,574
Alt Empordà 347 1,468,993 366 1,767,027
Alt Penedès 309 1,315,581 269 1,297,595
Alt Urgell 100 400,753 83 401,033
Alta Ribagorça 11 42,054 7 32,818
Anoia 317 1,346,057 483 2,351,865
Aran 7 33,772 12 63,551
Bages 333 1,406,665 548 2,739,901
Baix Camp 602 2,566,933 1,176 5,797,130
Baix Ebre 462 1,997,564 451 2,188,252
Baix Empordà 404 1,722,423 347 1,680,745
Baix Llobregat 2,552 10,570,537 3,268 15,395,905
Baix Penedès 296 1,225,207 355 1,757,008
Barcelonès 10,688 45,625,292 11,215 53,101,508
Berguedà 73 318,792 108 529,897
Cerdanya 45 178,039 17 76,153
Conca de Barberà 64 268,147 71 341,775
Garraf 416 1,785,996 407 2,001,842
Garrigues 178 757,598 62 297,626
Garrotxa 102 416,289 89 439,709
Gironès 403 1,804,653 593 2,923,297
Maresme 1,506 6,266,776 1,482 7,317,331
Montsià 353 1,486,843 402 1,905,802
Noguera 259 1,132,993 155 778,079
Osona 549 2,399,707 282 1,391,788
Pallars Jussà 64 287,520 39 185,890
Pallars Sobirà 14 67,428 11 52,226
Pla d'Urgell 273 1,122,079 130 647,277
Pla de l'Estany 59 263,360 41 199,472
Priorat 51 204,094 42 187,683
Ribera d'Ebre 71 294,888 109 525,327
Ripollès 42 177,912 56 272,885
Segarra 109 487,798 64 288,589
Segrià 1,005 4,379,064 1,037 5,051,702
Selva 455 1,966,325 417 2,044,134
Solsonès 73 322,706 41 203,416
Tarragonès 630 2,654,485 1,162 5,590,163
Terra Alta 181 738,855 49 237,672
Urgell 181 789,302 116 542,952
Vallès Occidental 2,024 8,567,065 2,925 14,335,761
Vallès Oriental 952 3,979,624 1,242 5,851,510
Catalonia 27,314 113,434,297 30,371 143,984,734
Metropolità 18,447 78,110,840 20,808 99,301,456
Comarques Gironines 1,812 7,819,955 1,909 9,327,269
Camp de Tarragona 1,748 7,351,768 2,954 14,397,333
Terres de l'Ebre 1,067 4,518,150 1,011 4,857,053
Ponent 2,005 8,668,834 1,564 7,606,225
Comarques Centrals 1,345 5,793,927 1,462 7,216,867
Alt Pirineu i Aran 241 1,009,566 169 811,671
Barcelona 19,722 83,585,648 22,230 106,318,848
Girona 1,833 7,903,344 1,921 9,382,215
Lleida 2,295 9,914,122 1,761 8,562,430
Tarragona 2,815 11,869,918 3,965 19,254,380
Source: Idescat. Pensions and other Income Maintenance Benefits.
Note: (1) 31 December (Counties and Aran, areas and provinces); Nombre mitjà de pensions (Catalonia).

Last update: June 8, 2017.

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.

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