The average wait in the dependency system is 188 days in the Balearic Islands
The average wait for the whole of the country, despite falling by 27 days since January, was situated well above the 180-day period stipulated
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PalmaThe average waiting time for the dependency system stood at 314 days at the end of September in Spain as a whole, while in the Balearic Islands it was 188 days, 40% below the national average.
The average waiting time for the whole country, despite falling by 27 days since January, remained well above the stipulated 180-day period, and currently affects 236,736 people.
These are data from the State Observatory for Dependency corresponding to the third quarter of 2026 published this Friday, the day on which the reform of dependency and disability comes into force, which expands services and benefits and sets a maximum period of three months to resolve the recognition of dependency.
According to this report, in which the Ministry considers as a waiting list exclusively those people for whom the Administration is not meeting the deadlines established by law, out of the 236,736 people on waiting lists, 85,976 are waiting for assessment (36.3%) and 150,760 are waiting for benefits and services that they have been granted.
