The figure represents a year-on-year increase of 1.37% of an indicator that was already on the rise, according to official data for January.
The amount of contributing positions in it Social Security Bank (BPS) broke a historical record by reaching 1,550,068 for the first time, according to the institution’s official January data.
In this way, the indicator of the B.P.S. which was already at high levels, surpassed its highest mark, representing a year-on-year increase of 1.37%, while, in the comparison with last December, the improvement is 0.79%, pushing up the employment.
The largest number of contributing positions was concentrated in the age group that goes from 30 to 59 years old, with 1,087,360, followed far by the 19 to 29 age group, with 328,770. Further back, there were 123,287 people over 60 years old and 10,651 people up to 18 years old.
Regarding the items, the most representative was Trade wholesale and retail (260,627), followed by Public administration and defense (192,115), Agricultural production, forestry and fishing (139,609), Manufacturing industries (134.151) and Social services and related to human health (119,071).
If analyzed by geographical area, the vast majority corresponds to Montevideo (682,861), followed by cannelloni (234,615) and completing the podium with Maldonado (108,706).
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How much did the BPS allocate in benefits during 2023?
On the other hand, the BPS allocated 7,405 million dollars in retirements, allowances and subsidies in Uruguay during 2023, which implies an increase of 3% compared to 2022. In this way, last year there were 290,896 million constant pesos that the BPS invested to comply with benefits, mainly retirements and pensions for survival, old age and disability .
The disbursement for retirements was 189,401 million constant pesos, while the family’s asignations They represented payments of 11,203 million constant pesos. The amounts of unemployment benefit were 12,509 million constant pesos, while the subsidy for disease reached 9,898 million and for maternity of 2,138 million.
Finally, with respect to the pensions for assistance and survival, the amounts delivered by the BPS were 14,736 million pesos.
Source: Ambito
