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Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type

Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type Catalonia. 2024
Valor Variation (%)
Pensions (number) Average pension (euros) Pensions Average pension
Total 67,577 503 4.8 6.5
Retirement 42,120 484 8.0 6.6
Disability 25,457 533 -0.1 6.9
Source: Idescat, a partir de les dades del Departament de Drets Socials i Inclusió.
Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type Spain. 2024
Valor Variation (%)
Pensions (number) Average pension (euros) Pensions Average pension
Retirement 287,625 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Disability 169,775 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -2.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Source: Ministry of labour, migrations and Social Security.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 3, 2025.

Methodological note

Non-contributory pensions are awarded to people who do not have sufficient economic resources and cannot qualify for any contributory coverage. There are two kinds of non-contributory pensions of the Social Security:

Non-contributory retirement pensions: these are received by people who have reached 65 years of age.

Non-contributory invalidity pensions: these are received by people above 18 years of age who have a disability measured at greater than 65%.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.