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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 2005
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 108 402,855 151 620,859
Alt Empordà 347 1,281,423 378 1,590,480
Alt Penedès 363 1,309,681 251 1,027,714
Alt Urgell 127 460,349 88 377,677
Alta Ribagorça 14 51,422 8 28,725
Anoia 348 1,278,209 456 1,919,488
Aran 8 28,575 11 49,182
Bages 347 1,257,190 559 2,372,259
Baix Camp 648 2,380,296 1,199 5,183,373
Baix Ebre 557 2,032,732 483 2,007,014
Baix Empordà 421 1,524,955 333 1,398,599
Baix Llobregat 2,778 10,061,394 3,287 13,376,495
Baix Penedès 300 1,066,080 346 1,427,618
Barcelonès 11,626 42,788,400 11,470 47,142,716
Berguedà 72 289,722 105 455,188
Cerdanya 42 151,036 19 74,771
Conca de Barberà 74 261,653 65 266,968
Garraf 404 1,480,400 435 1,821,722
Garrigues 201 752,684 56 244,476
Garrotxa 98 409,905 82 397,790
Gironès 433 1,637,000 596 2,564,945
Maresme 1,557 5,637,537 1,506 6,487,974
Montsià 384 1,401,556 408 1,700,505
Noguera 305 1,136,934 177 761,430
Osona 585 2,259,043 271 1,124,304
Pallars Jussà 72 277,700 41 161,535
Pallars Sobirà 18 76,365 12 52,474
Pla d'Urgell 307 1,128,531 123 551,591
Pla de l'Estany 68 264,082 42 177,461
Priorat 50 183,456 45 166,059
Ribera d'Ebre 75 274,263 101 422,631
Ripollès 44 160,254 52 216,125
Segarra 134 503,888 63 246,123
Segrià 1,109 4,195,165 1,057 4,496,372
Selva 456 1,695,392 389 1,647,716
Solsonès 93 344,631 44 186,202
Tarragonès 670 2,441,911 1,186 4,836,062
Terra Alta 202 731,105 54 227,288
Urgell 202 766,887 108 457,118
Vallès Occidental 2,256 8,205,426 3,059 12,840,145
Vallès Oriental 1,064 3,783,953 1,249 5,060,598
Catalonia 29,324 106,542,640 30,509 126,509,740
Metropolità 20,048 73,266,864 21,257 87,757,416
Comarques Gironines 1,867 6,973,011 1,872 7,993,116
Camp de Tarragona 1,850 6,736,251 2,992 12,500,939
Terres de l'Ebre 1,218 4,439,656 1,046 4,357,438
Ponent 2,258 8,484,089 1,584 6,757,110
Comarques Centrals 1,445 5,428,795 1,435 6,057,441
Alt Pirineu i Aran 281 1,045,447 179 744,364
Barcelona 21,399 78,343,784 22,650 93,633,904
Girona 1,892 7,066,669 1,887 8,054,489
Lleida 2,608 9,787,827 1,790 7,621,105
Tarragona 3,068 11,175,907 4,038 16,858,378
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.