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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 2006
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 102 396,238 156 680,915
Alt Empordà 346 1,303,004 377 1,650,502
Alt Penedès 349 1,346,050 248 1,053,024
Alt Urgell 116 425,323 90 388,244
Alta Ribagorça 11 45,466 8 32,938
Anoia 349 1,298,302 474 2,069,201
Aran 9 30,372 13 55,744
Bages 352 1,322,719 573 2,507,252
Baix Camp 635 2,422,745 1,189 5,309,785
Baix Ebre 528 2,043,546 488 2,054,085
Baix Empordà 426 1,622,893 343 1,530,402
Baix Llobregat 2,725 10,289,002 3,298 13,824,794
Baix Penedès 302 1,144,542 365 1,542,103
Barcelonès 11,361 43,742,592 11,395 48,727,488
Berguedà 69 284,414 105 472,571
Cerdanya 42 163,406 21 80,019
Conca de Barberà 74 261,501 69 284,994
Garraf 415 1,531,732 434 1,878,962
Garrigues 196 763,994 59 253,199
Garrotxa 100 382,676 90 384,578
Gironès 438 1,694,982 603 2,671,489
Maresme 1,551 5,897,493 1,506 6,715,230
Montsià 377 1,398,058 404 1,763,919
Noguera 298 1,151,741 179 788,242
Osona 587 2,321,268 285 1,221,655
Pallars Jussà 67 256,767 40 175,542
Pallars Sobirà 17 65,204 13 55,416
Pla d'Urgell 303 1,141,599 125 568,079
Pla de l'Estany 68 266,653 44 192,486
Priorat 45 186,362 46 176,315
Ribera d'Ebre 70 268,641 109 461,080
Ripollès 45 173,636 52 228,127
Segarra 130 494,386 59 248,860
Segrià 1,092 4,229,063 1,069 4,627,943
Selva 467 1,796,619 408 1,760,367
Solsonès 84 342,193 46 195,523
Tarragonès 645 2,427,392 1,182 5,024,361
Terra Alta 191 724,046 51 220,741
Urgell 202 800,304 114 487,891
Vallès Occidental 2,165 8,240,399 3,033 13,391,286
Vallès Oriental 1,043 3,897,570 1,274 5,366,580
Catalonia 28,793 108,823,920 30,560 131,543,381
Metropolità 19,609 74,944,920 21,188 90,957,448
Comarques Gironines 1,890 7,240,463 1,917 8,417,951
Camp de Tarragona 1,803 6,838,780 3,007 13,018,473
Terres de l'Ebre 1,166 4,434,291 1,052 4,499,825
Ponent 2,221 8,581,087 1,605 6,974,214
Comarques Centrals 1,441 5,568,896 1,483 6,466,202
Alt Pirineu i Aran 262 986,538 185 787,903
Barcelona 20,966 80,166,744 22,627 97,232,960
Girona 1,912 7,328,397 1,934 8,484,653
Lleida 2,545 9,826,817 1,817 7,886,175
Tarragona 2,969 11,273,071 4,059 17,518,306
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: June 8, 2017.

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.