What is the Social Benefit for Inclusion (PSI)?

What is the PSI?

The Prestação Social para a Inclusão (PSI), or Social Benefit for Inclusion, is a monthly benefit from Portugal’s Social Security for people with a disability and an incapacidade of 60% or more³. Created by Decree-Law no. 126-A/2017, it replaced and simplified several older disability benefits².

The PSI has two cash parts that can be claimed together:

• the base component, which offsets the general extra costs of disability;
• the complement, which fights poverty and goes to those on low incomes.

You can estimate both parts in our Social Benefit for Inclusion calculator.

Who qualifies for the PSI?

The PSI is for people with an incapacidade of 60% or more, certified by a multi-purpose medical certificate, who reside legally in Portugal³.

• The base component depends mainly on the incapacidade and the holder’s age.
• The complement also requires being 18 or older, receiving the base component and meeting the means test (income and assets limits).

The decision on entitlement, the certification of the disability and the exact counting of income are always up to Social Security.

What is the PSI amount in 2026?

In 2026 the reference values were set by Portaria no. 58-A/2026/1, updated with the Social Support Index (IAS)¹:

For an under-18 holder in a single-parent household, the base component is increased by 35%³.

How is the base component calculated?

For an incapacidade of 80% or more, the base component is a fixed amount of €333.64 a month, independent of income³. This is the simplest case and the one our calculator assumes.

For an incapacidade between 60% and 79%, the base component is reduced according to income: you receive the lower of two values: the reference value (€333.64) or the difference between an accumulation threshold and the person’s income. That more detailed rule is not computed here.

How is the complement calculated?

The complement works much like the RSI: it is the difference between a threshold and the household’s reference income³.

complement = threshold − household reference income

1. The threshold is €670 times the household’s equivalence scale: 1 for the holder, 0.7 per other adult and 0.5 per minor who is not a holder.
2. The household’s reference income is subtracted. Note: the base component itself counts as income here.
3. The result is the complement, up to a maximum of €670. If income reaches the threshold, there is no complement (but the base component is kept).

Worked example

An adult with an incapacidade of 80% or more, alone in the household and with no other income:

• base component = €333.64;
• complement threshold = €670 × 1 = €670;
• because the base counts as income, complement = €670 − €333.64 = €336.36;
• total PSI = €333.64 + €336.36 = €670 a month.

If the household already had €200 of income, the complement would fall to €670 − (€200 + €333.64) = €136.36 and the total PSI would be €470 a month.

Try your case in the PSI calculator.

Which income counts for the complement?

The reference income of the whole household counts: work (89% for the holder), pensions, capital and property income and the base component itself³. Some benefits are excluded, such as the RSI, the old-age solidarity supplement or social subsidies. Social Security applies its own rules, so the real amount may differ from a simple calculation.

PSI, RSI and other benefits

The PSI is specific to disability, but it can be combined with other benefits. Those with children can also receive child benefit; those living in poverty can have the RSI, which does not count as income for the PSI complement. Each benefit has its own calculation and conditions, and the final decision is always up to Social Security.