Programa de Pensiones no Contributivas
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Population group
Elderly persons, Persons with disabilities, Women, Mother, Pregnant, Lactating women
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Non-contributory pension programme in Argentina that began in the mid twentieth century. Only in 1996, this programme becomes to be administered by the Secretariat of Social Development under the Presidency of the Republic (which in 1999 comes to have a ministerial rank). The main recipients are people in situation of social vulnerability without retirement or pension, without relatives legally obliged to provide food and without income or resources that enable their survival. Also, they may not be detained persons, at the disposal of justice. This type of pension does not require contributions. Foreigners who wish to access this benefit must prove 40 years of continuous residence in Argentina. People who are deprived of their freedom are not entitled to any pension.
Programme components
i) Pensión de vejez
ii) Pensión de invalidez;
iii) Pensión a madres con 7 hijos o más;
iv) Pensiones graciables;
v) Pensiones comprendidas en leyes especiales.
Conditionalities (if any)
ii) Pensión de invalidez (Disability pension): The pension is given to persons with total (76% or more) and permanent disability to work. Individuals can not have relatives receiving food support. Foreigners who wish to access this benefit must prove 20 years of continuous residence in Argentina. They have the right to receive the family allowance (includes children, spouse and relatives of the recipient) and the schooling allowance (children of disability pensioners who attend mandatory formal education and who are under 18 years).
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Targeted areas
National
Target groups
Target population:
i) Adults over 70 years old;
ii) Women with 7 or more children ever born or adopted;
iii) People with disability;
iv) People benefiting from special laws;
v) People chosen by a national legislator.
Eligibility criteria
Old-age pension: Argentine citizens or have the right to apply to the pension if they have resided in the country for 5 consecutive years. Foreigners who wish to access this benefit must prove 40 years of continuous residence in Argentina. Recipients can not have relatives receiving food support.
Disability pension: The pension is given to persons with total (76% or more) and permanent disability to work. Individuals can not have relatives receiving food support. Foreigners who wish to access this benefit must prove 20 years of continuous residence in Argentina. They have the right to receive the family allowance (includes children, spouse and relatives of the recipient) and the schooling allowance (children of disability pensioners who attend mandatory formal education and who are under 18 years).
Ex gratia pension: Awarded by the Congress of the Nation according to Law Nº 13.337 and by the National General Budget Law. It should cover people in vulnerable situations, but the final recipient is at the discretion of the national legislator. They last 10 years and are not renewed if they exceed the value of 2 full monthly retirements.
Pension to mothers with 7 or more children: Created in 1989. Foreign women who wish to access this benefit must prove 15 years of continuous residence in Argentina.
Pensions covered by special laws: They are given to Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Nation of Argentina, Judges of the Supreme Court, Nobel Prizes, First National Awards for Science, Literature and Arts , Olympic and Paralympic champions, Family Members of Missing Persons, Pioneers of Antarctica, Precursors of Aeronautics and to the First Conscription of the Republic of Argentina (Cura Malal).
Coverage and other information
Amount of benefits
Pensión de vejez = 6,516.4
Pensión de invalidez = 6,516.4
Pensión a madres con 7 hijos o más = 9,309.1 [ 2018 ]
Payment/delivery frequency
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipients
Legal Framework
Law Nº 13478/48; Decree 432/97; Decree 582/03; Law 23746/89; Law 18910; Decree 2360/90: Decree 1450/05
