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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 2010
Retirement Invalidity
Pensions (1) Amount (euros) Pensions (1) Amount (euros)
Alt Camp 86 377,468 156 784,384
Alt Empordà 343 1,489,856 419 2,066,299
Alt Penedès 284 1,223,378 282 1,377,981
Alt Urgell 87 365,318 80 392,690
Alta Ribagorça 10 40,025 5 32,374
Anoia 309 1,314,314 508 2,501,709
Aran 7 30,649 11 56,425
Bages 350 1,476,128 574 2,851,863
Baix Camp 586 2,594,954 1,256 6,228,998
Baix Ebre 420 1,828,678 471 2,320,021
Baix Empordà 399 1,699,658 368 1,837,978
Baix Llobregat 2,411 10,215,616 3,353 15,967,018
Baix Penedès 318 1,344,917 399 1,938,505
Barcelonès 10,127 44,324,024 11,238 54,453,684
Berguedà 64 285,741 110 546,767
Cerdanya 39 161,821 27 126,352
Conca de Barberà 61 271,185 65 327,241
Garraf 430 1,839,599 436 2,127,782
Garrigues 161 705,814 70 340,916
Garrotxa 93 418,490 98 492,112
Gironès 404 1,743,533 658 3,293,564
Maresme 1,515 6,439,128 1,508 7,532,125
Montsià 338 1,445,611 396 1,896,021
Noguera 232 1,011,019 146 760,814
Osona 510 2,229,604 290 1,426,833
Pallars Jussà 55 252,400 35 175,085
Pallars Sobirà 13 59,276 12 59,848
Pla d'Urgell 232 960,298 132 660,722
Pla de l'Estany 56 257,808 49 228,035
Priorat 50 207,756 34 156,848
Ribera d'Ebre 59 261,902 116 553,694
Ripollès 44 195,924 48 258,955
Segarra 96 408,060 63 297,445
Segrià 873 3,865,368 1,025 5,078,742
Selva 468 2,002,000 431 2,175,527
Solsonès 69 295,566 39 189,740
Tarragonès 592 2,561,233 1,150 5,553,232
Terra Alta 157 676,856 49 229,625
Urgell 166 718,696 120 588,766
Vallès Occidental 2,043 8,571,839 2,918 14,481,557
Vallès Oriental 962 4,025,931 1,259 6,010,541
Catalonia 25,782 110,228,810 30,413 148,430,180
Metropolità 17,772 76,639,504 20,994 101,950,664
Comarques Gironines 1,807 7,807,269 2,071 10,352,470
Camp de Tarragona 1,693 7,357,513 3,060 14,989,208
Terres de l'Ebre 974 4,213,047 1,032 4,999,361
Ponent 1,760 7,669,255 1,556 7,727,405
Comarques Centrals 1,302 5,601,353 1,521 7,516,912
Alt Pirineu i Aran 211 909,489 170 842,774
Barcelona 19,006 81,952,936 22,478 109,289,160
Girona 1,829 7,894,646 2,092 10,443,944
Lleida 2,017 8,779,287 1,742 8,657,120
Tarragona 2,667 11,570,560 4,092 19,988,568
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.