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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 2011
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 77 364,500 171 845,396
Alt Empordà 355 1,617,552 440 2,265,886
Alt Penedès 284 1,230,885 278 1,434,320
Alt Urgell 84 355,850 86 406,117
Alta Ribagorça 9 38,358 4 22,944
Anoia 314 1,370,902 524 2,675,958
Aran 8 37,306 11 61,620
Bages 349 1,533,143 577 2,910,948
Baix Camp 588 2,688,676 1,287 6,639,948
Baix Ebre 412 1,835,413 474 2,379,225
Baix Empordà 423 1,878,392 376 1,990,535
Baix Llobregat 2,410 10,550,383 3,310 16,185,172
Baix Penedès 317 1,400,353 410 2,090,371
Barcelonès 10,035 45,631,008 11,274 56,673,422
Berguedà 64 291,873 108 573,593
Cerdanya 39 173,710 29 135,676
Conca de Barberà 63 282,619 64 322,369
Garraf 448 1,957,799 441 2,208,533
Garrigues 150 666,849 69 336,687
Garrotxa 99 439,255 107 532,242
Gironès 404 1,874,059 668 3,431,248
Maresme 1,536 6,813,118 1,515 7,849,600
Montsià 326 1,425,090 415 2,032,709
Noguera 219 1,005,135 137 722,832
Osona 489 2,264,525 295 1,512,550
Pallars Jussà 55 247,895 37 173,877
Pallars Sobirà 11 50,210 10 53,666
Pla d'Urgell 219 949,281 129 711,558
Pla de l'Estany 55 263,065 58 264,390
Priorat 51 224,570 31 144,540
Ribera d'Ebre 58 255,684 112 577,695
Ripollès 38 184,555 46 251,272
Segarra 93 413,047 63 307,125
Segrià 848 3,853,569 1,001 5,091,816
Selva 499 2,260,362 461 2,351,373
Solsonès 63 277,768 38 190,578
Tarragonès 591 2,641,639 1,156 5,760,420
Terra Alta 143 631,237 48 234,921
Urgell 153 710,477 115 585,536
Vallès Occidental 2,031 8,899,911 2,909 14,960,720
Vallès Oriental 985 4,259,112 1,251 6,219,359
Catalonia 25,490 113,850,139 30,415 154,118,589
Metropolità 16,997 76,153,532 20,259 101,888,273
Comarques Gironines 1,873 8,517,240 2,156 11,086,946
Camp de Tarragona 1,370 6,202,004 2,709 13,712,673
Terres de l'Ebre 939 4,147,424 1,049 5,224,550
Ponent 1,682 7,598,358 1,514 7,755,554
Comarques Centrals 965 4,367,309 1,018 5,187,669
Alt Pirineu i Aran 206 903,329 177 853,900
Penedès 1,363 5,959,939 1,653 8,409,182
Barcelona 18,946 84,807,547 22,483 113,209,217
Girona 1,894 8,613,772 2,179 11,188,769
Lleida 1,929 8,678,035 1,705 8,693,167
Tarragona 2,626 11,749,781 4,168 21,027,594
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.