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Gross disposable household income. Per inhabitant and Catalonia Index. Counties and Aran, and areas

Gross disposable household income (GDHI). Per inhabitant and Catalonia Index. Counties and Aran, and areas 2020 (p)
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 699,696 15,500 88.5
Alt Empordà 1,953,140 14,000 79.5
Alt Penedès 1,829,468 16,600 94.6
Alt Urgell 276,982 13,800 78.4
Alta Ribagorça 57,539 14,700 83.7
Anoia 1,929,153 15,600 88.8
Aran 161,405 15,900 90.6
Bages 2,997,757 16,700 95.2
Baix Camp 2,981,015 15,200 86.7
Baix Ebre 1,103,258 14,100 80.1
Baix Empordà 1,983,315 14,700 83.9
Baix Llobregat 15,125,751 18,300 104.0
Baix Penedès 1,605,507 14,800 84.2
Barcelonès 44,350,125 19,400 110.4
Berguedà 667,545 16,700 95.3
Cerdanya 282,491 15,100 85.8
Conca de Barberà 322,846 16,200 92.4
Garraf 2,723,506 18,000 102.6
Garrigues 267,865 14,100 80.2
Garrotxa 972,592 16,800 95.9
Gironès 3,209,307 16,700 95.4
Maresme 8,115,522 17,900 101.8
Moianès 232,748 16,700 95.0
Montsià 897,303 12,900 73.7
Noguera 534,033 13,800 78.8
Osona 2,800,744 17,300 98.4
Pallars Jussà 192,281 14,800 84.1
Pallars Sobirà 102,749 14,700 83.6
Pla d'Urgell 568,558 15,200 86.6
Pla de l'Estany 554,227 17,000 97.0
Priorat 134,227 14,600 83.3
Ribera d'Ebre 328,489 15,200 86.5
Ripollès 430,215 17,100 97.2
Segarra 336,160 14,700 83.5
Segrià 3,282,043 15,700 89.6
Selva 2,549,137 14,800 84.6
Solsonès 202,723 14,700 83.6
Tarragonès 3,978,875 15,100 86.1
Terra Alta 157,751 14,000 79.6
Urgell 538,489 14,500 82.7
Vallès Occidental 16,961,318 18,100 103.1
Vallès Oriental 7,307,872 17,600 100.4
Catalonia 135,705,727 17,600 100.0
Metropolità 91,931,214 18,700 106.3
Comarques Gironines 11,651,932 15,500 88.1
Camp de Tarragona 8,116,659 15,200 86.7
Terres de l'Ebre 2,486,801 13,800 78.4
Ponent 5,527,149 15,200 86.6
Comarques Centrals 6,830,892 16,900 96.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,073,447 14,700 83.8
Penedès 8,087,634 16,400 93.3
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.
Note: The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: May 10, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Gross disposable household income (GDHI)
Macromagnitude that measures the disposable income of residents of a territory for use in consumption or savings.

Methodological aspects

Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) is the macromagnitude thatmeasures the disposable income of the residents of a territory foruse in consumption or savings. This income does not only depend onthe income of families that is directly associated to payment for theircontribution to productive activity (payment of wage earners and gross operating surplus), but is also influenced by Public Administration activity through taxes and social benefits. It is calculated as a balance of families' income accounts, i.e. the difference between resources and uses as a whole. It is understood to be gross income, as no consumption of fixed capital is deducted.

The households sector includes all individuals or groups of individuals, both in their condition as consumers and, when relevant, as entrepreneurs that produce financial or non financial market goods or services (market producers), provided that, in the latter case, the corresponding activities are not undertaken by differentiated entities that are treated as quasi corporations. They also include individuals or groups of individuals that produce non financial services and goods exclusively for their own use.

The main resources of household income accounts are:

  • Compensation of employees
  • Gross operating surplus
  • Social benefits

The main uses are:

  • Social contributions
  • Income and wealth tax

Idescat presents the records of Gross Disposable Household Income (RFDB) 2010-2017 applying the criteria of the 2019 Statistical Benchmark Revision. This Revision is an update of the economic accounts carried out to incorporate new sources of information and improve the estimation procedures of the set of variables. The 2019 Benchmark Revision is instigated by Eurostat to homogenise the changes in the national accounts of all the member States of the European Union.

The magnitudes of gross disposable household income and its components for Catalonia are coherent with the estimates of the Household Income Distribution Accounts produced as part of the Spanish Regional Accounts. 2019 Benchmark Revision.

The 2019 Benchmark Revision's geographical scope encompasses the counties and municipalities in Catalonia with more than 1,000 inhabitants.

To produce the gross disposable household income per inhabitant, the population estimates on July 1 produced by Idescat are taken as a reference.