The pension revaluation for 2021 is determined in the General State Budget approved for 2021. They establish an increase of 0.9% for contributory pensions and 1.8% for non-contributory pensions.
The aforementioned increase also includes the recipients of the Minimum Vital Income, which is updated by 1.8%, the same percentage as non-contributory pensions.
Therefore, for the year 2021, the amount of the maximum limit for receiving public pensions is set at the following amounts:
- 2,707.49 €/month
- or 37,904.86 €/year.
Pension revaluation for 2021
See below how both contributory and passive class pensions will be revalued.
Minimum amounts in contributory mode for 2021
Pension type |
With dependent partner Euros/year |
Without partner: one-person economic unit
Euros/year |
With non-dependent partner Euros/year |
Retirement | |||
Holder with sixty-five years of age. | 11.914,00 | 9.655,80 | 9.164,40 |
Holder under sixty-five years of age. | 11.170,60 | 9.034,20 | 8.538,60 |
Holder with sixty-five years of age due to severe disability. | 17.871,00 | 14.484,40 | 13.746,60 |
Permanent disability | |||
Major disability. | 17.871,00 | 14.484,40 | 13.746,60 |
Absolute | 11.914,00 | 9.655,80 | 9.164,40 |
Total: Holder with sixty-five years of age. | 11.914,00 | 9.655,80 | 9.164,40 |
Total: Holder between sixty and sixty-four years of age. | 11.170,60 | 9.034,20 | 8.538,60 |
Total: Derived from common illness under sixty years of age. | 7.119,00 | 7.119,00 | 7.056,00 |
Partial occupational accident scheme: | |||
Holder aged sixty-five. | 11.914,00 | 9.655,80 | 9.164,00 |
Widowhood | |||
Holder with family responsibilities. | 11.170,60 | ||
Holder aged sixty-five or disabled to a degree equal to or greater than 65%. | 9.655,80 | ||
Holder between sixty and sixty-four years of age. | 9.034,20 | ||
Holder under sixty years of age. | 7.315,00 |
Pension type |
Euros/year |
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Orphan’s pension | |||
Per beneficiary. | 2.951,20 | ||
Per beneficiary under 18 years of age with a disability equal to or greater than 65%. | 5.805,80 | ||
In the case of absolute orphanhood, the minimum will be increased by 7,315.00 Euros/year distributed, if applicable, among the beneficiaries. | |||
Orphan’s benefit | |||
One beneficiary (pending increase in the same percentage as the SMI 2021) | 8.820,00 | ||
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In favor of family members | |||
Per beneficiary. | 2.951,20 | ||
If there is no widow or orphan pensioner: | |||
A single beneficiary aged sixty-five. | 7.131,60 | ||
A single beneficiary under sixty-five years of age. | 6.721,40 |
Several beneficiaries: The minimum assigned to each of them will be increased by the amount resulting from prorating €4,363.80/year among the number of beneficiaries.
Income limit for the recognition of economic complements for minimums:
- Without a dependent partner: 7,707.00 €/year.
- With a dependent partner: 8,990.00 €/year.
Minimum amounts of passive class pensions for 2021
Type of pension |
With dependent partner Euros/year |
Without partner: single-person economic unit
Euros/year |
With non-dependent partner Euros/year |
Retirement pension | 11.914,00 | 9.655,80 | 9.164,40 |
Widow’s or widower’s pension. | 9.655,80 | ||
Family pension other than widow’s/widower’s pension, where N is the number of beneficiaries of the pension(s) * | 9.412,20 / N |
* In the event that there are several beneficiaries, the amount of the individual pension will be the result of dividing this amount by the number of recipients.
Income limit for the recognition of economic complements for minimums:
- In 2021: €7,707.00/year.
Other public pensions and benefits for 2021
- Maximum limit for receiving a public pension: 2,707.49 €/month or 37,904.86 €/year.
- For pensions from the extinct Compulsory Old Age and Disability Insurance (SOVI):
- Non-concurrent SOVI (mandatory old-age and disability insurance) pensions: 6,183.80 €/year.
- SOVI pensions concurrent with widow’s/widower’s pensions from any of the regimes of the Social Security system or with any of these pensions and, in addition, with any other public widow’s/widower’s pension: 6,001.80 €/year.
- Social Security pensions in their non-contributory form: 5,639.20 €/year.
- Pension supplement for rental housing: 525€ per year.
Social Security family benefits:
- In the case of the economic allowance for a child or dependent minor without disability: 341 €/year.
- Financial allowance for a dependent child or minor with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%: 1,000.00 €/year.
- Financial allowance for a dependent child over 18 years of age with a disability:
- With a degree of disability equal to or greater than 65%: 4,790.40 €/year.
- With a degree of disability equal to or greater than 75% and needing the assistance of another person to carry out the essential acts of life: 7,185.60 €/year.
- Benefit for the birth or adoption of a child, in cases of large families, single-parent families and mothers with disabilities established in article 357 and whose amount is included in article 358 of the revised text of the General Social Security Law: 1,000.00€
- Income limit for the recognition of Social Security family benefits per dependent child or minor:
- Amount referred to in the first paragraph of article 352.1.c) of the revised text of the General Social Security Law (children or dependent minor without disability): 12,536.00 €/year.
- Amount referred to in the second paragraph of article 352.1.c) of the revised text of the General Social Security Law (large family): 18,867.00€ /year, increasing by 3,056.00€ for each dependent child after the fourth, including the fourth.
Other benefits and subsidies
- Mobility allowance and compensation for transportation expenses: 68.80 €/month.
- Amount of the social benefits granted to those affected by HIV as a result of actions carried out in the public health system: 645.08 €/month.
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