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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 2012
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 76 366,248 173 874,693
Alt Empordà 374 1,688,953 447 2,362,900
Alt Penedès 268 1,233,430 286 1,495,143
Alt Urgell 78 346,210 80 433,668
Alta Ribagorça 8 36,411 4 20,395
Anoia 322 1,443,223 544 2,829,304
Aran 8 35,526 9 55,799
Bages 349 1,573,370 575 3,037,147
Baix Camp 566 2,655,976 1,300 6,970,081
Baix Ebre 394 1,845,312 478 2,445,433
Baix Empordà 414 1,917,513 401 2,104,317
Baix Llobregat 2,362 10,691,401 3,277 16,757,785
Baix Penedès 322 1,469,268 427 2,216,550
Barcelonès 9,711 45,788,808 11,482 59,606,216
Berguedà 63 310,687 106 563,724
Cerdanya 41 174,799 33 157,131
Conca de Barberà 60 298,427 67 346,478
Garraf 437 1,987,525 459 2,391,456
Garrigues 136 616,288 68 350,104
Garrotxa 90 434,235 108 560,579
Gironès 397 1,879,710 693 3,701,212
Maresme 1,531 6,966,882 1,520 8,180,306
Montsià 308 1,416,008 419 2,132,656
Noguera 210 974,965 142 760,016
Osona 475 2,229,333 299 1,605,662
Pallars Jussà 51 258,104 35 183,972
Pallars Sobirà 11 51,487 11 62,731
Pla d'Urgell 204 941,343 133 721,749
Pla de l'Estany 53 249,653 53 288,609
Priorat 49 223,923 29 151,291
Ribera d'Ebre 55 260,431 117 610,397
Ripollès 38 175,438 48 260,202
Segarra 86 395,860 57 300,879
Segrià 803 3,821,350 1,026 5,356,951
Selva 494 2,332,247 480 2,556,694
Solsonès 60 273,014 36 185,569
Tarragonès 579 2,735,884 1,187 6,105,028
Terra Alta 127 571,976 47 224,891
Urgell 146 671,108 112 597,550
Vallès Occidental 2,021 9,195,910 2,908 15,426,996
Vallès Oriental 981 4,351,901 1,263 6,528,945
Catalonia 25,141 116,139,755 31,043 162,990,131
Metropolità 16,606 76,994,912 20,450 106,500,224
Comarques Gironines 1,860 8,677,749 2,230 11,834,513
Camp de Tarragona 1,330 6,280,458 2,756 14,447,571
Terres de l'Ebre 884 4,093,727 1,061 5,413,377
Ponent 1,585 7,420,914 1,538 8,087,249
Comarques Centrals 947 4,386,404 1,016 5,392,102
Alt Pirineu i Aran 197 902,537 172 913,696
Penedès 1,349 6,133,446 1,716 8,932,453
Barcelona 18,523 85,782,864 22,721 118,447,728
Girona 1,882 8,772,889 2,254 11,934,953
Lleida 1,817 8,490,896 1,720 9,061,018
Tarragona 2,536 11,843,453 4,244 22,077,508
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.