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Contributory Social Security pensions. Pensioners. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Contributory Social Security pensions. December. Pensioners. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2021
Men Women Total % pensioners/ population
Alt Camp 4,754 4,763 9,517 21.1
Alt Empordà 11,189 11,472 22,661 15.8
Alt Penedès 11,077 10,927 22,004 20.0
Alt Urgell 2,205 2,166 4,371 21.4
Alta Ribagorça 380 364 744 18.9
Anoia 11,982 12,528 24,510 19.7
Aran 744 743 1,487 14.3
Bages 19,969 22,127 42,096 23.3
Baix Camp 17,832 17,106 34,938 17.9
Baix Ebre 8,375 8,130 16,505 21.0
Baix Empordà 11,803 11,995 23,798 17.3
Baix Llobregat 79,837 77,920 157,757 18.9
Baix Penedès 10,707 9,993 20,700 18.7
Barcelonès 218,084 257,073 475,157 20.8
Berguedà 5,336 5,941 11,277 28.2
Cerdanya 1,412 1,390 2,802 14.6
Conca de Barberà 2,234 2,334 4,568 22.7
Garraf 13,837 13,526 27,363 17.7
Garrigues 2,470 2,279 4,749 25.0
Garrotxa 6,159 6,896 13,055 22.1
Gironès 15,250 16,826 32,076 16.3
Maresme 42,461 44,773 87,234 19.0
Moianès 1,363 1,395 2,758 19.4
Montsià 7,399 6,405 13,804 20.2
Noguera 4,286 4,057 8,343 21.3
Osona 15,885 17,701 33,586 20.5
Pallars Jussà 1,544 1,606 3,150 23.9
Pallars Sobirà 639 651 1,290 18.2
Pla d'Urgell 3,835 3,491 7,326 19.9
Pla de l'Estany 2,926 3,050 5,976 18.2
Priorat 1,128 1,103 2,231 24.1
Ribera d'Ebre 2,736 2,437 5,173 23.7
Ripollès 3,288 3,758 7,046 27.7
Segarra 2,316 2,206 4,522 19.3
Segrià 19,551 20,558 40,109 19.0
Selva 15,695 15,365 31,060 17.7
Solsonès 1,539 1,464 3,003 22.1
Tarragonès 22,309 21,718 44,027 16.8
Terra Alta 1,641 1,518 3,159 27.7
Urgell 3,836 3,796 7,632 20.5
Vallès Occidental 86,267 91,370 177,637 18.9
Vallès Oriental 39,103 38,098 77,201 18.6
Catalunya 735,383 783,019 1,518,402 19.6
Metropolità 466,130 509,576 975,706 19.8
Comarques Gironines 66,310 69,362 135,672 17.6
Camp de Tarragona 48,257 47,024 95,281 17.9
Terres de l'Ebre 20,151 18,490 38,641 21.4
Ponent 36,294 36,387 72,681 19.8
Comarques Centrals 44,332 48,923 93,255 22.5
Alt Pirineu i Aran 6,924 6,920 13,844 18.6
Penedès 46,985 46,337 93,322 18.9
Barcelona 545,229 593,369 1,138,598 19.9
Girona 67,336 70,445 137,781 17.5
Lleida 43,703 43,698 87,401 19.9
Tarragona 79,115 75,507 154,622 18.8
Units: Pensioners.
Source: Idescat, based on data of Institut Nacional de la Seguretat Social.

Last update: July 26, 2023.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The Statistics on Pensions and Pensioners by pensioner residence is the result of statistical processing by Idescat using the National Social Security Instituteand the Social Marine InstituteSocial Marine Institute's administrative pensions records, in accordance with a collaboration agreement with these two institutions in 2011. The aim is to obtain information as to the number and size of currently active pensions of the population residing in Catalan municipalities. This information is handled by the Provincial Directorates in Catalonia. Data is from 31 December.

The number of pensions is not the same as the number of pensioners, as this refers to physical persons. Therefore, a pensioner may receive one or more different pensions (retired and widowed, general regime and special regime for self-employed workers, etc.).

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