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Gross disposable household income. By main components. Counties and Aran, and areas

Gross disposable household income (GDHI). By main components. Counties and areas 2003
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 372,613 182,554 87,618 99,702 40,188
Alt Empordà 1,042,715 592,987 250,995 281,827 144,021
Alt Penedès 886,277 327,976 199,935 271,330 129,614
Alt Urgell 151,199 114,095 46,668 38,025 18,408
Alta Ribagorça 36,161 24,085 7,700 10,196 4,940
Anoia 892,935 346,771 299,376 274,934 120,158
Bages 1,568,727 555,080 526,368 480,373 212,640
Baix Camp 1,638,464 725,076 341,786 442,118 203,365
Baix Ebre 617,164 352,992 181,271 168,762 68,984
Baix Empordà 1,087,622 588,215 264,940 286,452 148,310
Baix Llobregat 7,932,979 2,246,301 1,597,819 2,365,968 1,145,936
Baix Penedès 684,305 388,456 143,507 186,565 99,519
Barcelonès 25,148,105 8,552,665 6,340,740 7,538,459 4,760,382
Berguedà 317,721 140,520 151,276 104,145 39,943
Cerdanya 141,090 122,293 29,296 38,737 22,248
Conca de Barberà 180,703 111,926 48,381 49,001 18,717
Garraf 1,269,852 447,873 285,125 390,780 222,562
Garrigues 142,216 139,767 57,852 41,068 15,427
Garrotxa 555,135 245,690 143,698 143,550 58,861
Gironès 1,929,681 661,254 300,111 506,963 240,713
Maresme 3,721,025 1,882,863 924,685 1,179,778 644,604
Montsià 462,781 337,886 139,047 131,124 51,186
Noguera 277,812 235,307 94,873 78,182 30,480
Osona 1,266,658 610,887 381,289 401,060 188,198
Pallars Jussà 106,829 77,092 38,220 30,461 12,616
Pallars Sobirà 49,944 52,926 16,773 14,519 6,511
Pla d'Urgell 297,690 137,200 55,146 78,539 33,329
Pla de l'Estany 268,509 203,287 70,612 74,815 30,848
Priorat 64,313 53,124 28,866 19,138 6,073
Ribera d'Ebre 205,339 102,150 61,308 57,738 22,910
Ripollès 290,793 119,896 79,196 73,858 31,048
Segarra 186,272 109,429 46,707 47,303 18,424
Segrià 1,834,177 998,515 385,133 500,705 238,058
Selva 1,316,707 581,607 283,089 337,490 145,591
Solsonès 99,604 80,150 26,876 27,738 10,709
Tarragonès 2,321,964 836,075 401,731 618,073 312,537
Terra Alta 74,673 85,389 41,961 24,670 6,436
Urgell 290,818 224,471 84,421 79,079 32,378
Val d'Aran 81,118 88,831 12,689 22,433 13,515
Vallès Occidental 8,446,626 2,912,967 1,912,174 2,554,231 1,330,766
Vallès Oriental 3,619,790 1,384,227 769,104 1,105,276 528,689
Catalunya 71,879,108 27,980,854 17,158,360 21,175,164 11,409,839
Metropolità 51,024,654 17,754,872 12,029,581 15,405,823 8,762,552
Comarques Gironines 6,520,344 2,926,848 1,377,175 1,708,678 801,872
Camp de Tarragona 5,262,363 2,297,210 1,051,889 1,414,597 680,400
Terres de l'Ebre 1,359,956 878,417 423,586 382,294 149,516
Ponent 2,999,804 1,910,776 739,598 821,151 365,614
Comarques Centrals 4,145,645 1,733,408 1,385,185 1,288,251 571,648
Alt Pirineu i Aran 566,341 479,322 151,345 154,371 78,236
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.
Note: Base 2000.

Last update: November 22, 2010.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Gross operating surplus and families' mixed incom
Surplus from entrepreneurial and professional activities by individual companies and personal partnerships without a legal personality, different to those treated as quasi corporations, which are market producers.
Tax on income and assets
Payment by families mainly in the form of a tax on the income of physical persons, tax on assets and a tax on property.
Social benefits
Current transfers awarded by third parties to households in money or kind, in order to prevent, repair or overcome certain states of need, without any equivalent counter-payment being made by the beneficiary.
Payment wage earners
Consists of all payment in cash or kind by employees to their wage earners in compensation for work done by the latter during the accounting period.
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.