Statistics on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities Measures to encourage employment Employed persons with disabilities who make Social Security contributions, according to reductions/discounts in contributions due to disability, by age group Unidades: thousands of persons and percentages Persons with disabilities Vertical percentage: Persons with disabilities Total Total 2012 200 100 2011 231,2 100 2010 227,7 100 2009 209,6 100 2008 169,1 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 150 75 2011 171,8 74,3 2010 170,1 74,7 2009 151,1 72,1 2008 117,9 69,7 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 50 25 2011 59,5 25,7 2010 57,6 25,3 2009 58,4 27,9 2008 51,2 30,3 16 to 24 years old Total 2012 3,4 100 2011 5,1 100 2010 7,3 100 2009 7,5 100 2008 7,7 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 2,2 64,9 2011 4,1 79,3 2010 4,4 60,8 2009 5,2 69 2008 3,9 51,3 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 1,2 35,1 2011 1,1 20,7 2010 2,9 39,2 2009 2,3 31 2008 3,7 48,7 25 to 44 years old Total 2012 76 100 2011 91,7 100 2010 95,3 100 2009 85,6 100 2008 73,5 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 53 69,7 2011 62,7 68,3 2010 63,7 66,9 2009 56,9 66,5 2008 45,9 62,4 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 23,1 30,3 2011 29 31,7 2010 31,6 33,1 2009 28,6 33,5 2008 27,7 37,6 45 to 64 years old Total 2012 120,5 100 2011 134,4 100 2010 125,1 100 2009 116,5 100 2008 87,9 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 94,8 78,6 2011 105 78,2 2010 102 81,5 2009 89,1 76,4 2008 68,1 77,5 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 25,8 21,4 2011 29,4 21,8 2010 23,2 18,5 2009 27,5 23,6 2008 19,8 22,5 Notas: This considers persons with recognised disabilities, that is, those with a degree of disability that is greater than or equal to 33%, according to the assessment procedure set out in RD 1971/1999 and amended by RD 1856/2009. 2) The results of cells whose value is lower than 5.0 (5,000 persons or households) must be considered cautiously, as they may be affected by large sampling errors 3) The data refers solely to persons with disabilities who make Social Security contributions and do so in ordinary centres. This excludes Special employment centres and those civil servants who make contributions to State Mutual Provident Societies Fuente: National Statistics Institute