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 degree of disability 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 33% to 44% Total 2012 131,5 100 2011 140,8 100 2010 148,1 100 2009 133,1 100 2008 91,6 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 103,9 79 2011 110,5 78,5 2010 118,5 80 2009 102,9 77,3 2008 68,2 74,5 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 27,6 21 2011 30,3 21,5 2010 29,6 20 2009 30,2 22,7 2008 23,4 25,5 45% to 64% Total 2012 37,1 100 2011 49,2 100 2010 42,5 100 2009 40,3 100 2008 40,6 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 26,8 72,2 2011 37,5 76,1 2010 31,7 74,4 2009 27,1 67,2 2008 27,3 67,3 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 10,3 27,8 2011 11,7 23,9 2010 10,9 25,6 2009 13,2 32,8 2008 13,3 32,7 65% to 74% Total 2012 18 100 2011 23,3 100 2010 21,5 100 2009 22,5 100 2008 21,1 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 11,9 66,1 2011 16,4 70,3 2010 14,6 67,8 2009 16 71,1 2008 14,8 70,1 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 6,1 33,9 2011 6,9 29,7 2010 6,9 32,2 2009 6,5 28,9 2008 6,3 29,9 75% and over Total 2012 13,3 100 2011 17,9 100 2010 15,6 100 2009 13,7 100 2008 15,8 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 7,3 54,9 2011 7,5 41,7 2010 5,4 34,5 2009 5,2 38,1 2008 7,6 48 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 6 45,1 2011 10,5 58,3 2010 10,2 65,5 2009 8,5 61,9 2008 8,2 52 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