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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 2016
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 659,496 14,971 88.1
Alt Empordà 1,799,501 13,188 77.6
Alt Penedès 1,689,826 15,931 93.8
Alt Urgell 263,664 12,973 76.4
Alta Ribagorça 56,475 14,671 86.4
Anoia 1,753,569 14,876 87.6
Aran 138,625 14,127 83.2
Bages 2,767,326 15,956 93.9
Baix Camp 2,751,495 14,577 85.8
Baix Ebre 995,851 12,769 75.2
Baix Empordà 1,790,830 13,722 80.8
Baix Llobregat 14,347,276 17,819 104.9
Baix Penedès 1,349,153 13,526 79.6
Barcelonès 42,792,694 19,308 113.7
Berguedà 624,381 16,031 94.4
Cerdanya 246,857 13,917 81.9
Conca de Barberà 297,375 14,772 87.0
Garraf 2,438,877 16,837 99.1
Garrigues 247,103 12,958 76.3
Garrotxa 886,097 16,108 94.8
Gironès 2,931,615 16,048 94.5
Maresme 7,375,248 16,880 99.4
Moianès 201,343 15,312 90.2
Montsià 799,330 11,760 69.2
Noguera 498,208 12,979 76.4
Osona 2,539,509 16,477 97.0
Pallars Jussà 177,519 13,521 79.6
Pallars Sobirà 93,405 13,533 79.7
Pla d'Urgell 496,365 13,488 79.4
Pla de l'Estany 497,757 15,815 93.1
Priorat 125,156 13,464 79.3
Ribera d'Ebre 316,769 14,408 84.8
Ripollès 411,947 16,509 97.2
Segarra 306,745 13,717 80.8
Segrià 3,038,758 14,854 87.5
Selva 2,263,769 13,661 80.4
Solsonès 178,423 13,288 78.2
Tarragonès 3,730,066 14,906 87.8
Terra Alta 149,268 12,897 75.9
Urgell 483,676 13,493 79.4
Vallès Occidental 15,746,989 17,414 102.5
Vallès Oriental 6,655,516 16,621 97.9
Catalonia 126,913,853 16,985 100.0
Metropolità 86,979,129 18,247 107.4
Comarques Gironines 10,581,516 14,559 85.7
Camp de Tarragona 7,563,588 14,759 86.9
Terres de l'Ebre 2,261,219 12,596 74.2
Ponent 5,070,856 14,203 83.6
Comarques Centrals 6,249,576 16,053 94.5
Alt Pirineu i Aran 976,545 13,609 80.1
Penedès 7,231,426 15,434 90.9
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.

Last update: April 30, 2020.

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.