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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 2018
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 688,231 15,537 88.9
Alt Empordà 1,978,509 14,393 82.3
Alt Penedès 1,765,253 16,340 93.5
Alt Urgell 276,699 13,713 78.4
Alta Ribagorça 57,443 15,051 86.1
Anoia 1,864,557 15,540 88.9
Aran 156,314 15,759 90.1
Bages 2,925,324 16,640 95.2
Baix Camp 2,914,259 15,248 87.2
Baix Ebre 1,067,849 13,835 79.1
Baix Empordà 1,928,117 14,630 83.7
Baix Llobregat 14,797,957 18,146 103.8
Baix Penedès 1,475,708 14,296 81.8
Barcelonès 44,149,186 19,603 112.1
Berguedà 660,485 16,880 96.6
Cerdanya 273,828 15,317 87.6
Conca de Barberà 313,755 15,741 90.0
Garraf 2,610,566 17,742 101.5
Garrigues 262,094 13,889 79.4
Garrotxa 941,881 16,812 96.2
Gironès 3,078,573 16,440 94.0
Maresme 7,824,301 17,604 100.7
Moianès 224,543 16,749 95.8
Montsià 869,290 12,768 73.0
Noguera 522,041 13,660 78.1
Osona 2,684,563 17,026 97.4
Pallars Jussà 185,752 14,374 82.2
Pallars Sobirà 103,561 15,016 85.9
Pla d'Urgell 528,408 14,285 81.7
Pla de l'Estany 526,458 16,479 94.3
Priorat 132,088 14,357 82.1
Ribera d'Ebre 319,529 14,748 84.4
Ripollès 422,440 16,968 97.1
Segarra 323,436 14,363 82.2
Segrià 3,206,824 15,619 89.3
Selva 2,438,731 14,570 83.3
Solsonès 201,647 14,851 84.9
Tarragonès 3,881,486 15,191 86.9
Terra Alta 157,641 13,864 79.3
Urgell 515,846 14,233 81.4
Vallès Occidental 16,292,531 17,714 101.3
Vallès Oriental 7,002,267 17,207 98.4
Catalonia 132,549,972 17,483 100.0
Metropolità 90,134,295 18,613 106.5
Comarques Gironines 11,314,710 15,357 87.8
Camp de Tarragona 7,929,819 15,248 87.2
Terres de l'Ebre 2,414,308 13,540 77.4
Ponent 5,358,649 14,962 85.6
Comarques Centrals 6,628,511 16,750 95.8
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,053,596 14,713 84.2
Penedès 7,716,085 16,129 92.3
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.

Last update: April 27, 2022.

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.