Mallorca and Balearics: 10,484 birth and care benefits
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Mallorca and the rest of Spain’s Balearic Islands account for 10,484 birth and childcare benefits from January to September 2026, costing €97.4 million. Spain’s Social Security processed the benefits, the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration said on Friday, 30 October. The benefits lasted 115.41 days on average across the islands.
Separately, officials registered 1,325 periods of leave to care for a child or family member, 26 more than in the same period last year. Women accounted for 1,041 of those periods and men for 284.
Across Spain, Social Security processed 374,638 birth and childcare benefits in the first nine months of 2026, up 5.2% on the same period last year.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com