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Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type

Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type Catalonia. 2020
Valor Variation (%)
Pensions (number) Average pension (euros) Pensions Average pension
Total 60,580 385 0.5 1.0
Retirement 34,464 368 1.5 1.1
Disability 26,116 408 -0.9 1.0
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Ministry of Social Rights.
Non-contributory pensions of the Social Security. By type Spain. 2020
Valor Variation (%)
Pensions (number) Average pension (euros) Pensions Average pension
Retirement 260,169 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -0.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Disability 185,852 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -2.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Source: Ministry of labour, migrations and Social Security.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 11, 2021.

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%.

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