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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 2013
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 79 378,394 176 910,790
Alt Empordà 384 1,868,821 467 2,504,108
Alt Penedès 267 1,236,664 276 1,463,380
Alt Urgell 75 342,798 83 452,787
Alta Ribagorça 7 34,033 3 16,421
Anoia 320 1,495,624 538 2,896,052
Aran 9 37,109 7 48,796
Bages 335 1,624,914 592 3,181,475
Baix Camp 566 2,724,836 1,319 7,189,261
Baix Ebre 371 1,775,955 485 2,532,451
Baix Empordà 416 1,986,818 409 2,207,023
Baix Llobregat 2,315 10,833,738 3,261 17,018,100
Baix Penedès 337 1,606,615 439 2,401,020
Barcelonès 9,510 45,953,012 11,678 62,546,224
Berguedà 57 290,768 110 588,093
Cerdanya 42 179,414 31 163,578
Conca de Barberà 57 280,510 61 327,682
Garraf 441 2,096,653 480 2,622,524
Garrigues 130 612,809 69 369,349
Garrotxa 88 452,264 107 584,135
Gironès 409 1,994,416 708 3,877,511
Maresme 1,524 7,254,708 1,529 8,524,823
Montsià 290 1,360,917 425 2,196,553
Noguera 194 931,998 142 799,556
Osona 452 2,167,223 307 1,657,985
Pallars Jussà 52 251,125 37 201,399
Pallars Sobirà 10 47,807 12 65,206
Pla d'Urgell 194 902,311 139 759,948
Pla de l'Estany 49 253,294 57 302,872
Priorat 48 223,833 31 159,144
Ribera d'Ebre 56 271,318 119 623,099
Ripollès 39 187,073 50 283,933
Segarra 88 389,670 55 291,445
Segrià 780 3,746,042 1,027 5,525,986
Selva 500 2,443,586 489 2,681,678
Solsonès 51 246,976 37 188,690
Tarragonès 578 2,797,451 1,209 6,346,053
Terra Alta 119 536,430 44 230,508
Urgell 141 650,622 121 662,946
Vallès Occidental 2,031 9,576,051 2,936 15,950,605
Vallès Oriental 957 4,513,682 1,276 6,809,131
Catalonia 24,479 116,558,100 31,181 168,170,986
Metropolità 16,337 78,131,216 20,680 110,848,912
Comarques Gironines 1,885 9,186,272 2,287 12,441,260
Camp de Tarragona 1,328 6,405,024 2,796 14,932,930
Terres de l'Ebre 836 3,944,620 1,073 5,582,611
Ponent 1,527 7,233,452 1,553 8,409,230
Comarques Centrals 895 4,329,881 1,046 5,616,243
Alt Pirineu i Aran 195 892,286 173 948,187
Penedès 1,365 6,435,556 1,733 9,382,976
Barcelona 18,212 87,054,512 22,986 123,275,720
Girona 1,907 9,282,448 2,310 12,551,741
Lleida 1,748 8,265,103 1,737 9,418,355
Tarragona 2,501 11,956,259 4,308 22,916,564
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.