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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 2007
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 105 400,206 146 644,568
Alt Empordà 347 1,348,463 372 1,673,675
Alt Penedès 333 1,302,134 267 1,186,830
Alt Urgell 109 407,340 91 401,638
Alta Ribagorça 10 38,995 7 30,793
Anoia 331 1,291,368 482 2,184,481
Aran 9 36,996 12 60,162
Bages 351 1,365,468 581 2,601,739
Baix Camp 630 2,471,727 1,191 5,495,428
Baix Ebre 499 1,973,673 479 2,106,627
Baix Empordà 414 1,629,125 344 1,563,369
Baix Llobregat 2,654 10,265,387 3,329 14,467,615
Baix Penedès 306 1,173,557 371 1,642,562
Barcelonès 11,036 43,609,956 11,295 49,829,800
Berguedà 69 284,320 102 470,524
Cerdanya 43 159,036 21 83,282
Conca de Barberà 70 271,606 73 309,163
Garraf 429 1,638,151 426 1,915,415
Garrigues 188 753,505 58 262,270
Garrotxa 99 378,111 85 384,738
Gironès 422 1,723,386 589 2,762,110
Maresme 1,513 5,899,475 1,504 6,938,535
Montsià 379 1,424,531 403 1,799,287
Noguera 280 1,132,076 170 775,764
Osona 573 2,324,104 294 1,315,487
Pallars Jussà 66 279,025 41 178,860
Pallars Sobirà 17 68,062 12 55,536
Pla d'Urgell 288 1,112,493 127 598,886
Pla de l'Estany 60 245,863 43 189,116
Priorat 45 182,770 44 181,492
Ribera d'Ebre 67 261,169 114 510,776
Ripollès 43 168,612 56 253,438
Segarra 122 483,119 60 266,797
Segrià 1,060 4,240,767 1,065 4,775,136
Selva 449 1,817,011 413 1,889,726
Solsonès 79 317,914 47 206,073
Tarragonès 638 2,469,520 1,183 5,180,361
Terra Alta 183 716,598 48 209,051
Urgell 193 783,800 112 514,496
Vallès Occidental 2,140 8,289,911 3,013 13,640,710
Vallès Oriental 1,006 3,895,324 1,270 5,564,409
Catalonia 28,088 108,826,248 30,591 135,614,734
Metropolità 19,111 74,900,344 21,104 93,543,304
Comarques Gironines 1,834 7,310,571 1,902 8,716,172
Camp de Tarragona 1,794 6,969,386 3,008 13,453,574
Terres de l'Ebre 1,128 4,375,971 1,044 4,625,741
Ponent 2,131 8,505,760 1,592 7,193,349
Comarques Centrals 1,403 5,583,174 1,506 6,778,304
Alt Pirineu i Aran 254 989,454 184 810,271
Barcelona 20,435 80,158,616 22,564 100,117,456
Girona 1,856 7,392,308 1,919 8,787,842
Lleida 2,442 9,738,380 1,805 8,136,114
Tarragona 2,922 11,345,357 4,052 18,079,320
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.