The benefits are a set of measures taken by Social Security to anticipate, rectify or overcome specific unfortunate situations or specific situations of need, which usually lead to a loss of income or excessive costs for those who suffer from them. The benefits are principally financial and are as follows:

• Healthcare.
• Temporary disability.
• Risk during pregnancy.
• Risk during breast-feeding. 
• Care for children affected by cancer or another serious illness. 
• Permanent disability.
• Permanent non-disabling lesions. 
• Retirement.
• Death and survival: 
  • Death grant.
  • Widow/widower's pension.
  • Temporary benefits for widowhood.
  • Orphan's pension.
  • Family members' pension.
  • Grants for family members.
  • Special allowance lump sum, in the case of work-related injury or occupational disease.
• Family benefits: 
  • Economic benefits per child or foster child.
  • Economic benefit for the birth/adoption of a child, in the case of large, single-parent families and cases of disabled mothers.
  • Economic benefit for multiple births or adoptions.
  • Non-economic benefit.
• Unemployment benefits (SPEE)
• Economic benefits for cessation of activity of self-employed persons .
• Social services (IMSERSO or competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities with transferred powers).
• Benefits from Compulsory Old Age and Disability Insurance (SOVI):
  • Old Age SOVI.
  • Disability SOVI.
  • Widowhood SOVI.
• School Insurance Benefits.