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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 2017
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 669,330 15,176 87.9
Alt Empordà 1,907,086 13,946 80.8
Alt Penedès 1,714,730 16,013 92.8
Alt Urgell 273,172 13,516 78.3
Alta Ribagorça 58,770 15,359 89.0
Anoia 1,814,926 15,281 88.5
Aran 148,321 15,045 87.1
Bages 2,844,538 16,328 94.6
Baix Camp 2,820,257 14,896 86.3
Baix Ebre 1,030,000 13,310 77.1
Baix Empordà 1,878,693 14,339 83.1
Baix Llobregat 14,502,529 17,905 103.7
Baix Penedès 1,398,918 13,827 80.1
Barcelonès 43,513,856 19,483 112.9
Berguedà 647,832 16,631 96.3
Cerdanya 257,518 14,528 84.1
Conca de Barberà 309,763 15,460 89.5
Garraf 2,532,020 17,348 100.5
Garrigues 257,308 13,586 78.7
Garrotxa 924,967 16,708 96.8
Gironès 3,035,157 16,419 95.1
Maresme 7,598,082 17,258 100.0
Moianès 215,456 16,247 94.1
Montsià 827,341 12,175 70.5
Noguera 514,357 13,446 77.9
Osona 2,651,338 17,030 98.6
Pallars Jussà 185,836 14,291 82.8
Pallars Sobirà 101,126 14,663 84.9
Pla d'Urgell 517,814 14,034 81.3
Pla de l'Estany 515,500 16,265 94.2
Priorat 129,394 13,984 81.0
Ribera d'Ebre 319,059 14,633 84.8
Ripollès 428,368 17,216 99.7
Segarra 315,244 14,075 81.5
Segrià 3,127,829 15,293 88.6
Selva 2,343,819 14,117 81.8
Solsonès 190,355 14,111 81.7
Tarragonès 3,760,914 14,913 86.4
Terra Alta 155,782 13,594 78.7
Urgell 506,939 14,102 81.7
Vallès Occidental 16,065,952 17,621 102.1
Vallès Oriental 6,820,438 16,902 97.9
Catalonia 129,830,636 17,265 100.0
Metropolità 88,563,697 18,440 106.8
Comarques Gironines 11,033,590 15,102 87.5
Camp de Tarragona 7,689,657 14,934 86.5
Terres de l'Ebre 2,332,181 13,058 75.6
Ponent 5,239,491 14,678 85.0
Comarques Centrals 6,486,681 16,556 95.9
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,024,744 14,328 83.0
Penedès 7,460,594 15,774 91.4
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, 2021.

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.