Pension spending rises 6.3% in April, to the record of 13,515 million
Social security allocated in this month of April the record figure of 13,515.2 million euros to the payment of the ordinary monthly payroll Of contributory pensions, 6.3% more than in the same month of 2024, as reported on Friday the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.
The payroll of April incorporates the revaluation of pensions approved for this year, of 2.8% in general, and between 6% and 9% for minimum pensions.
Three quarters of the April Tax Pensions corresponded to Retirement pensionswith a global amount of 9,882.3 million euros, 6.2% more than in April 2024.
To the payment of pensions of widowhood 2,192.9 million euros (+4.2% year -on) were allocated this month, while the payroll of benefits by Permanent inability 1,225.8 million were dedicated (+11.5%); A 178 million euros (+4%) were allocated to the orphanhood (+4%) and that of benefits in favor of relatives, 36.1 million (+6.4%).
In total, Social Security paid 10,324,244 pensions, 1.7% more than in the same month of 2024, to more than 9.3 million people, 1.7% more than in April last year. Of the total pensioners, 4.7 million are men and 4.6 million, women.
The average social security systemwhich includes the amount of the different kinds of pension (retirement, permanent disability, widowhood, orphanhood and favor of family members) reached 1,309.1 euros per month in April, 4.5% more than in the same month of the previous year.
The average retirement pension rises
For its part, The average retirement pensionwhich receive more than two thirds of the total pensioners (6.4 million people), stood in April in 1,503.3 euros per month, 4.4% more than in the same month of 2024.
By regimes, the amount of the average retirement pension from the general regime reached 1,663.2 euros per month, while in the Special Workers Regime (RETA) it stood at 1,007.8 euros.
In the mining of Coalthe amount of the average pension was 2,898.1 euros, and 1,663.3 euros in the regime of the Sea.
As for the Average widow’s pension, in April it reached 933.5 euros per month, 4.3% more than in the same month of 2024.
The monthly amount of New retirement high In the system, it amounted to March (last data available) at 1,600.2 euros on average and in the general regime it reached 1,703 euros per month.
Delayed retirements grow
According to Social Security, in the first two months of the year (last data available), 65,067 new high retirement pensions were recorded, of which 11.2% were Delayed retirements, more than double than in 2019 (4.8%).
The Ministry highlights that this evolution It is a consequence of delay incentives launched in 2022 and the early retirement reform.
As a result of voluntary delay of the retirement moment And of the lower advance, the average age of access to retirement is 65.1 years, compared to 64.4 years in 2019.
The average resolution time of the files in March (last data available) was 10.6 days in the case of the retirement pension and of 11.1 days in the case of widowhood pensions. The maximum legal period of resolution of these procedures is 90 days in both types of pension.
Passive classes
On the other hand, the Ministry has reported that the monthly payroll Passive classes It amounted to 1,668.2 million euros in the month of March, 5.9% more than in the same month of 2024.
The number of passive classes pensions in force at the end of March was 724,315, a 2% more than in the same month last year.
The State Passive Classes Regime It fundamentally includes military and civil personnel of the General State Administrationof the Administration of Justice, the General Courts and of other constitutional or state bodies, as well as to the officials transferred to the Autonomous Communities.
Gender gap reduction
According to the Ministry, 997,959 pensions had in April with the Complement for gender gap reductionof which in 88.7% of their headlines were women (885,154). The average monthly amount of this complement in the pension is 75.5 euros.
Of the total complemented pensions, 25.1% correspond to pensioners with a child (250,229); 47.1% of the beneficiaries have two children (470,149); 18.3% perceive it for three children (182,791), and for four children it is charged by 9.5% (94,790).
This complement, in force since February 2021, It consists of a fixed amount per month by sonfrom the first. The application must be made at the time the pension is requested.
