The minimum vital income (IMV) covered in September 776,924 homes in which 2,369,979 people live, according to the statistics of the National Social Security Institute. The average amount was 514.7 euros per month and the gross payroll amounted to 426.3 million. Compared to September 2024, there are 115,284 more active benefits (+17.4%) and 376.420 additional beneficiaries (+18.9%).
Protection is concentrated in childhood. 41% of the beneficiaries are lower (970,518 children and adolescents) and two out of every three perceptors live with minors (532,365, 68.7% of the total). Among them, 132,256 are single -parent homes, mostly headed by women. The childhood help complement (CAPI) is paid next to the IMV in 543,782 homes.
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The IMV maintains a female profile. 67.8% of the holders of the benefit are women (527,042), and among the beneficiaries, 53.5% (1,267,130) are also women. The Ministry emphasizes that the design of the aid increases the amount depending on the number of minors in the coexistence unit.
Since its implementation, the IMV has covered almost 3.3 million people, of which more than 1.4 million are lower. The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Elma Saiz, emphasizes that “the minimum vital income guarantees greater support for homes with children, while the complement to childhood aid expands this network to reach families with more moderate income.”
Being a complementary benefit to income and seeking to guarantee a minimum income, not all people and homes charge the same benefit.
Where there are more IMV beneficiaries and which provinces pay more and less
As we have said, the minimum vital income reaches 2,369,979 beneficiaries in 776,924 households, so its average ratio is located at 3.05 people per benefit. The largest number of beneficiaries is concentrated in Andalusia (759,298) and, by provinces, in Madrid (192,840). At the opposite end, the lower figure between the listed provinces corresponds to Soria (3,057). The ratio of beneficiaries for benefit is especially high in Ceuta (4.09) and Melilla (4.06), while standing below the average in Asturias (2.37) and Bizkaia (2,36).
For average monthly amount per beneficiary, the highest figures are given in Asturias (€ 260.32) and Bizkaia (€ 259.34), followed by the Basque Country team (€ 240.17) and the Canary Islands (€ 210). On the low side, Soria (€ 100.52), Segovia (€ 114.86), Teruel (€ 114.95) and Guadalajara (€ 115.70) stand out.
If you look at the average amount per household, they head Navarra (€ 676.40), Melilla (€ 662.82), Ceuta (€ 635.69) and Asturias (€ 618.25). The smallest amounts per unit of coexistence appear in Soria (€ 344.89), Segovia (€ 402.52), Guadalajara (€ 403.04), Cuenca (€ 416.91) and Badajoz (€ 414.23).
Average age of the beneficiaries
The average age of all IMV beneficiaries is 28.33, with 1.40 million adults and 970,518 minors. The holder of the benefit has, on average, 45.47 years, while the rest of the household members are 19.97 years, confirming the marked youth bias among non -titular perceptors.
If we look by provinces, the younger profiles are concentrated in Melilla (26.50 years), Murcia (26,64) and Ceuta (26.73), together with Navarra (26,89) and Castilla-La Mancha (26,91). In the provincial detail, the lowest means appear in Teruel (25,62), Soria (25.64), Guadalajara (25,79) and Huesca (25.92), all below 26 years.
At the opposite end, the most adult beneficiaries are in the Canary Islands (33.17 years) – with Picos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (33,60) and Las Palmas (32,66) -, Asturias (31,89) and Bizkaia (31,23). Galicia (30,20) and the whole of the Basque Country (30,21) also stand out above 30 years. These territorial differences are usually associated with different household structures and the proportion of minors in each community.
82.47% of IMV holders are Spanish
The data denies the topic, since eight out of ten holders of the minimum vital income are Spanish (82.47%), compared to 17.53% of foreign nationality. In absolute numbers, there are 640,528 Spanish and 136,135 foreigners, over a total of 776,924 benefits with identified holder. The ownership, in addition, has a female profile: 67.8% of those who appear as headlines are women.
By territories, the presence of foreign headlines is relatively higher (although always minority) in La Rioja (33.8%), Catalonia (33.4%), Navarra (32.5%), Aragon (31.1%), Melilla (30.5%) and Balearic Islands (30.0%). At the other extreme, its weight is very small in Extremadura (5.9%), Andalusia (8.8%), Canary Islands (10.0%) and Galicia (11.7%). In Madrid and Valencian Community, foreigners are around two out of ten headlines (22%).
The conclusion is clear: the vast majority of IMV holders are Spanish in all communities. The program is directed to households with low income regardless of origin, and the distribution by nationality reflects, above all, the demographic and migratory structure of each territory.