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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 2006
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 443,505 252,014 110,908 130,511 62,824
Alt Empordà 1,360,459 877,192 368,003 373,673 211,447
Alt Penedès 1,157,653 453,784 338,119 359,923 181,917
Alt Urgell 174,563 143,577 61,588 48,499 26,311
Alta Ribagorça 45,784 27,834 9,765 12,440 6,150
Anoia 1,175,502 495,396 375,614 374,631 176,534
Bages 1,956,400 765,352 704,527 617,105 303,199
Baix Camp 2,063,751 1,005,662 368,991 572,788 299,412
Baix Ebre 740,264 487,348 215,929 212,603 101,638
Baix Empordà 1,365,365 841,509 355,405 371,025 224,870
Baix Llobregat 9,636,029 3,015,996 1,935,735 2,946,705 1,527,314
Baix Penedès 937,044 542,571 222,188 275,561 151,925
Barcelonès 28,822,009 11,288,056 7,768,875 8,640,604 5,764,226
Berguedà 379,054 198,513 203,284 124,774 56,713
Cerdanya 183,622 172,345 33,812 52,140 35,020
Conca de Barberà 198,737 138,483 69,892 59,249 25,910
Garraf 1,706,512 620,418 430,367 522,643 316,969
Garrigues 167,130 155,822 63,528 48,613 20,749
Garrotxa 660,099 344,399 139,708 176,785 86,415
Gironès 2,459,183 929,904 423,021 637,142 339,612
Maresme 4,809,695 2,566,379 1,284,502 1,519,793 905,580
Montsià 545,869 460,728 196,537 170,270 79,258
Noguera 326,058 277,283 120,506 97,560 42,511
Osona 1,547,659 829,241 434,673 511,410 252,773
Pallars Jussà 132,795 90,156 46,506 37,714 17,402
Pallars Sobirà 62,505 68,728 21,404 18,570 10,064
Pla d'Urgell 340,190 244,490 79,341 98,772 47,635
Pla de l'Estany 372,892 192,540 66,602 100,347 47,651
Priorat 71,634 74,810 34,195 22,270 9,458
Ribera d'Ebre 216,320 142,576 78,965 63,286 28,635
Ripollès 323,707 173,457 83,649 85,304 39,060
Segarra 211,653 136,657 64,292 60,456 26,131
Segrià 2,292,911 1,174,398 482,349 638,320 343,682
Selva 1,760,366 830,070 327,176 454,859 215,167
Solsonès 125,521 100,280 33,701 37,122 16,377
Tarragonès 2,861,900 1,146,621 578,307 795,443 430,091
Terra Alta 79,474 114,315 43,919 26,343 9,310
Urgell 350,339 259,439 112,667 101,221 51,803
Val d'Aran 102,404 119,275 13,438 30,900 19,687
Vallès Occidental 10,594,124 3,829,644 2,574,892 3,265,579 1,813,912
Vallès Oriental 4,532,670 1,899,090 948,278 1,425,917 722,865
Catalunya 87,293,351 37,486,352 21,825,157 26,118,870 15,048,209
Metropolità 61,258,692 23,673,367 15,280,768 18,681,163 11,232,783
Comarques Gironines 8,302,072 4,189,071 1,763,563 2,199,135 1,164,223
Camp de Tarragona 6,576,571 3,160,161 1,384,482 1,855,823 979,620
Terres de l'Ebre 1,581,927 1,204,968 535,350 472,502 218,842
Ponent 3,688,281 2,248,089 922,685 1,044,942 532,511
Comarques Centrals 5,184,135 2,388,782 1,751,799 1,665,041 805,596
Alt Pirineu i Aran 701,673 621,914 186,511 200,263 114,634
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.
Note: Base 2000.

Last update: January 20, 2011.

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.