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Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability

Persons legally recognised as being disabled. By type of disability Catalonia Value
Physical Visual Hearing Intellectual disability Mentally ill Multiple disability (physical and intellectual) Not stated Total
2023 357,262 34,445 35,552 84,754 128,040 11,368 26,119 677,540
2022 351,174 34,910 35,643 78,784 124,925 7,728 27,243 660,476
2021 340,357 34,197 34,675 73,093 121,344 6,492 24,640 634,798
2020 331,950 34,078 33,825 68,780 118,642 5,942 22,835 616,052
2019 330,088 34,451 33,519 66,741 118,471 5,871 21,893 611,034
2018 313,839 33,826 32,315 62,748 113,886 5,000 20,413 582,027 (b) Break in time series
2017 303,687 33,432 31,320 57,647 110,332 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 15,021 551,439
2016 294,366 33,050 30,243 54,973 105,511 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10,960 529,103
2015 290,360 (b) Break in time series 33,091 (b) Break in time series 29,330 (b) Break in time series 53,147 (b) Break in time series 102,185 (b) Break in time series .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 6,773 (b) Break in time series 514,886 (b) Break in time series
2014 313,976 36,090 29,424 51,902 105,963 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 643 537,998
2013 299,519 35,002 28,126 49,975 100,576 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 660 513,858
2012 286,227 33,985 26,754 47,980 94,492 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 696 490,134
2011 264,376 31,993 24,737 46,138 86,953 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 717 454,914
2010 258,662 31,446 23,203 44,699 83,260 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 780 442,050
2009 241,496 29,799 21,423 43,166 77,009 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 780 413,673
2008 241,906 30,372 19,926 41,854 73,152 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 851 408,061
2007 228,310 28,994 18,604 40,854 67,548 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 863 385,173
2006 225,453 29,268 17,329 40,100 64,448 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 929 377,527
2005 212,773 28,078 15,838 39,164 59,701 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 976 356,530
2004 199,491 26,629 14,423 38,235 54,042 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 760 333,580
2003 183,907 24,961 12,939 37,006 48,458 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 789 308,060
2002 170,543 23,393 11,727 35,745 42,540 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 826 284,774
2001 161,017 22,409 10,680 35,011 37,994 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 877 267,988
2000 148,251 20,787 9,552 34,006 32,419 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 931 245,946
1999 134,338 19,027 8,642 33,120 28,333 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 976 224,436
1998 122,432 17,655 8,065 31,858 24,972 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 2,207 207,189
Source:
1998-2020: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
2021-2023: Departament de Drets Socials.
(b) Break in time series.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: June 19, 2024. Revised series on December 17, 2024.

Methodological note

It provides information regarding those who, as of 31 December, had a legal recognition of being disabled in a degree of disability higher than 32%.

The presentation of the data by type of disability is done according the typology normally used by the Government of Catalonia. It is based on the features of the main disability of the affected individual.

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