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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 2009
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 96 424,448 154 739,559
Alt Empordà 330 1,452,869 395 1,934,815
Alt Penedès 296 1,268,251 282 1,361,920
Alt Urgell 95 396,256 76 373,643
Alta Ribagorça 10 41,128 6 29,460
Anoia 313 1,340,021 503 2,494,112
Aran 8 37,339 11 54,482
Bages 342 1,455,985 565 2,820,959
Baix Camp 602 2,589,104 1,205 5,992,484
Baix Ebre 441 1,857,633 473 2,266,417
Baix Empordà 400 1,710,328 344 1,728,724
Baix Llobregat 2,479 10,349,477 3,332 15,700,127
Baix Penedès 319 1,320,344 381 1,854,960
Barcelonès 10,322 44,691,612 11,162 53,594,980
Berguedà 68 304,199 112 550,016
Cerdanya 40 168,990 23 109,916
Conca de Barberà 62 263,589 71 337,764
Garraf 420 1,792,504 425 2,049,601
Garrigues 173 739,669 63 308,451
Garrotxa 100 431,709 93 441,483
Gironès 396 1,725,499 636 3,127,482
Maresme 1,501 6,374,254 1,479 7,370,671
Montsià 344 1,450,815 402 1,996,661
Noguera 237 1,035,527 154 770,737
Osona 521 2,325,331 287 1,384,885
Pallars Jussà 61 268,171 38 192,911
Pallars Sobirà 14 61,830 11 51,901
Pla d'Urgell 243 1,045,994 129 654,434
Pla de l'Estany 56 252,962 47 212,127
Priorat 49 210,151 38 170,871
Ribera d'Ebre 65 273,279 113 537,368
Ripollès 41 174,272 48 258,952
Segarra 96 426,624 66 302,573
Segrià 934 4,123,601 1,018 5,049,731
Selva 452 1,993,547 427 2,172,699
Solsonès 72 319,902 39 199,232
Tarragonès 590 2,509,165 1,122 5,456,669
Terra Alta 167 711,438 50 226,119
Urgell 174 777,423 117 558,108
Vallès Occidental 2,012 8,392,588 2,936 14,489,976
Vallès Oriental 960 3,961,148 1,242 5,883,459
Catalonia 26,367 111,235,410 30,222 146,103,377
Metropolità 17,990 76,829,792 20,858 100,450,768
Comarques Gironines 1,775 7,741,186 1,990 9,876,282
Camp de Tarragona 1,718 7,316,801 2,971 14,552,307
Terres de l'Ebre 1,017 4,293,165 1,038 5,026,565
Ponent 1,857 8,148,838 1,547 7,644,034
Comarques Centrals 1,316 5,745,438 1,506 7,449,204
Alt Pirineu i Aran 228 973,714 165 812,313
Barcelona 19,237 82,266,704 22,327 107,718,256
Girona 1,797 7,824,323 2,007 9,946,879
Lleida 2,132 9,348,009 1,732 8,567,488
Tarragona 2,735 11,609,966 4,009 19,578,868
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.