Contributory widow(er)'s pension
Pensión de viudedad (Seguridad Social)
Paid by Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) · 🇪🇸 Spain
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Gated on a personal circumstance. This programme depends on recent bereavement — a condition the structured eligibility fields below do not capture. Read the official page carefully before assuming you qualify.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 3 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
2 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Personas que han tenido vínculo matrimonial o sido pareja de hecho con el fallecido y no han contraído nuevo matrimonio
https://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/InformacionUtil/44539/45659/45660
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.seg-social.es
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other income support in Spain
19 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Unemployment Subsidy for over-52s
- Subsidy for Insufficient Contributions
- Subsidy after Exhaustion of Contributory Benefit
- Active Insertion Income (RAI)
- Agrarian Income (Andalusia & Extremadura)
- Agricultural Casual Workers' Subsidy
- Self-Employed Cessation of Activity Benefit
- Non-Contributory Retirement Pension
- Non-Contributory Invalidity Pension
- Free Legal Aid
- FEGA Food Assistance (via food banks)
- Guaranteed Income (RGI, Basque Country)
- Guaranteed Citizenship Income (Catalonia)
- Minimum Insertion Income (Madrid Region)
- Municipal Social Canteens & Meals-on-Wheels
- Valencian Inclusion Income
- Galician Social Inclusion Income
- Canary Islands Insertion Benefit
- Contributory orphan's pension
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Guaranteed Income (RGI, Basque Country)
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Self-Employed Cessation of Activity Benefit
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