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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 2004
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 121 431,774 150 611,355
Alt Empordà 347 1,221,439 381 1,487,267
Alt Penedès 360 1,253,621 259 1,026,834
Alt Urgell 133 454,999 90 360,499
Alta Ribagorça 12 39,062 6 25,899
Anoia 354 1,240,964 445 1,783,408
Aran 10 30,589 7 32,031
Bages 362 1,262,135 561 2,271,625
Baix Camp 658 2,330,766 1,222 5,000,032
Baix Ebre 564 1,988,427 471 1,817,747
Baix Empordà 426 1,499,189 333 1,304,609
Baix Llobregat 2,844 9,902,246 3,311 12,739,462
Baix Penedès 292 1,032,370 339 1,333,108
Barcelonès 11,892 42,048,040 11,404 44,935,804
Berguedà 81 306,814 104 434,579
Cerdanya 40 140,629 20 82,236
Conca de Barberà 78 259,807 67 261,913
Garraf 408 1,420,975 431 1,650,598
Garrigues 220 777,437 62 242,306
Garrotxa 118 429,427 105 422,260
Gironès 434 1,570,487 594 2,433,445
Maresme 1,543 5,346,220 1,468 6,057,341
Montsià 394 1,355,663 395 1,567,850
Noguera 319 1,154,753 181 745,255
Osona 624 2,284,954 273 1,100,572
Pallars Jussà 77 275,626 40 153,252
Pallars Sobirà 22 78,578 12 49,200
Pla d'Urgell 326 1,123,953 129 543,391
Pla de l'Estany 76 283,036 46 186,417
Priorat 52 181,435 43 155,164
Ribera d'Ebre 79 288,285 107 429,727
Ripollès 43 155,051 51 201,737
Segarra 147 503,303 59 227,165
Segrià 1,170 4,179,054 1,075 4,300,851
Selva 470 1,672,002 384 1,556,339
Solsonès 99 352,657 46 182,811
Tarragonès 692 2,396,806 1,189 4,634,164
Terra Alta 209 715,762 51 197,209
Urgell 212 798,608 105 415,872
Vallès Occidental 2,270 7,880,386 3,061 12,324,351
Vallès Oriental 1,075 3,681,085 1,213 4,724,772
Catalonia 29,896 104,522,540 30,287 120,272,180
Metropolità 20,392 71,532,608 21,147 83,459,232
Comarques Gironines 1,914 6,830,631 1,894 7,592,074
Camp de Tarragona 1,893 6,632,958 3,010 11,995,736
Terres de l'Ebre 1,246 4,348,137 1,024 4,012,533
Ponent 2,394 8,537,108 1,611 6,474,840
Comarques Centrals 1,520 5,447,524 1,429 5,772,995
Alt Pirineu i Aran 294 1,019,483 175 703,117
Barcelona 21,811 76,623,120 22,533 89,058,200
Girona 1,940 6,916,813 1,909 7,652,181
Lleida 2,763 9,827,487 1,814 7,291,899
Tarragona 3,139 10,981,095 4,034 16,008,269
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: April 14, 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.

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