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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 2014
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 126 618,383 139 784,688
Alt Empordà 503 2,472,350 383 2,113,664
Alt Penedès 326 1,594,966 224 1,225,133
Alt Urgell 90 435,247 64 358,037
Alta Ribagorça 8 41,424 3 15,368
Anoia 411 2,073,790 439 2,427,818
Aran 15 71,962 7 44,253
Bages 451 2,242,298 474 2,631,231
Baix Camp 874 4,267,230 1,077 6,100,706
Baix Ebre 505 2,412,746 385 2,115,150
Baix Empordà 528 2,639,006 347 1,931,499
Baix Llobregat 3,138 15,226,539 2,452 13,336,292
Baix Penedès 468 2,265,758 364 2,088,380
Barcelonès 11,986 59,732,262 9,782 54,045,551
Berguedà 76 407,094 88 498,936
Cerdanya 44 212,911 26 146,538
Conca de Barberà 74 353,551 43 254,367
Garraf 535 2,604,711 399 2,273,535
Garrigues 144 670,233 45 262,960
Garrotxa 106 546,637 91 503,508
Gironès 566 2,838,344 581 3,230,013
Maresme 1,862 9,145,452 1,289 7,280,459
Moianès 37 179,323 21 105,436
Montsià 399 1,957,579 336 1,809,499
Noguera 230 1,156,664 97 581,021
Osona 508 2,567,288 261 1,485,123
Pallars Jussà 54 283,759 34 173,628
Pallars Sobirà 9 57,693 9 52,337
Pla d'Urgell 205 981,185 119 709,987
Pla de l'Estany 61 313,583 50 269,466
Priorat 44 223,328 29 169,914
Ribera d'Ebre 82 422,458 101 563,893
Ripollès 47 231,804 46 248,425
Segarra 87 433,852 42 222,718
Segrià 999 4,921,359 796 4,422,685
Selva 635 3,196,893 397 2,202,788
Solsonès 61 314,295 22 119,596
Tarragonès 839 4,116,906 1,035 5,681,402
Terra Alta 125 594,066 36 197,462
Urgell 162 780,972 102 569,211
Vallès Occidental 2,670 12,966,666 2,452 13,751,909
Vallès Oriental 1,243 6,022,480 1,090 6,098,900
Catalonia 31,102 154,666,984 25,425 143,075,344
Metropolità 20,917 103,172,627 17,072 94,543,806
Comarques Gironines 2,446 12,238,617 1,895 10,499,365
Camp de Tarragona 1,957 9,579,398 2,323 12,991,078
Terres de l'Ebre 1,111 5,386,849 858 4,686,005
Ponent 1,827 8,944,263 1,201 6,768,581
Comarques Centrals 1,133 5,734,440 881 4,957,974
Alt Pirineu i Aran 220 1,102,995 143 790,160
Penedès 1,722 8,435,854 1,404 7,866,517
Barcelona 23,249 114,787,589 18,972 105,171,510
Girona 2,469 12,349,296 1,915 10,592,645
Lleida 2,079 10,226,154 1,345 7,573,869
Tarragona 3,536 17,232,005 3,545 19,765,463
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: May 18, 2016.

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.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".