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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 2008
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 550,787 263,205 136,382 152,696 68,874
Alt Empordà 1,573,661 881,387 470,058 433,421 232,551
Alt Penedès 1,389,595 477,930 430,308 430,590 212,671
Alt Urgell 211,716 135,063 71,725 57,994 30,112
Alta Ribagorça 54,761 29,388 11,758 14,517 7,542
Anoia 1,407,118 485,989 469,714 442,844 204,792
Bages 2,337,920 774,473 855,328 729,041 359,547
Baix Camp 2,543,592 1,097,030 448,275 664,205 339,080
Baix Ebre 882,374 518,633 256,708 249,673 114,255
Baix Empordà 1,500,879 895,201 443,760 428,801 244,748
Baix Llobregat 11,143,355 3,483,285 2,340,064 3,373,830 1,821,633
Baix Penedès 1,213,534 584,582 298,093 329,895 172,538
Barcelonès 33,072,805 11,799,119 9,055,883 9,833,053 6,564,937
Berguedà 455,886 181,199 243,239 149,736 66,246
Cerdanya 204,494 167,481 41,243 58,054 36,498
Conca de Barberà 223,717 159,482 85,001 71,432 30,623
Garraf 2,007,512 660,840 553,359 606,964 365,384
Garrigues 201,284 149,029 72,008 59,979 24,872
Garrotxa 742,668 355,909 159,399 208,339 101,044
Gironès 2,712,917 987,448 532,286 735,295 388,971
Maresme 5,675,286 2,609,393 1,577,784 1,772,506 1,042,606
Montsià 682,007 482,902 253,352 201,230 85,116
Noguera 397,568 262,546 142,513 116,206 50,080
Osona 1,864,422 811,663 517,314 611,284 295,492
Pallars Jussà 162,472 87,031 54,592 45,309 22,621
Pallars Sobirà 75,867 64,799 24,712 22,055 11,247
Pla d'Urgell 419,974 243,331 93,331 119,233 56,425
Pla de l'Estany 405,553 202,489 78,064 118,134 56,579
Priorat 91,139 74,406 38,857 28,481 10,990
Ribera d'Ebre 262,367 147,185 92,811 76,024 34,789
Ripollès 348,934 175,141 94,294 98,367 47,626
Segarra 260,349 128,644 78,423 72,628 30,723
Segrià 2,781,046 1,184,203 561,351 751,650 386,534
Selva 2,052,358 901,945 401,346 529,798 242,529
Solsonès 155,087 92,338 39,851 44,451 19,497
Tarragonès 3,541,748 1,295,372 734,808 918,372 493,678
Terra Alta 101,720 110,809 48,641 35,479 10,944
Urgell 415,064 250,980 137,501 119,988 55,964
Val d'Aran 120,290 115,247 16,489 34,573 23,222
Vallès Occidental 12,392,188 4,093,598 3,199,142 3,771,445 2,113,768
Vallès Oriental 5,304,224 1,846,238 1,183,332 1,651,352 850,499
Catalunya 101,940,237 39,266,931 26,343,099 30,168,926 17,327,846
Metropolità 67,587,858 23,831,632 17,356,206 20,402,187 12,393,443
Comarques Gironines 9,336,970 4,399,518 2,179,207 2,552,156 1,314,047
Camp de Tarragona 6,950,983 2,889,495 1,443,324 1,835,186 943,245
Terres de l'Ebre 1,928,467 1,259,529 651,512 562,406 245,104
Ponent 4,475,284 2,218,734 1,085,127 1,239,684 604,597
Comarques Centrals 4,813,315 1,859,673 1,655,732 1,534,513 740,782
Alt Pirineu i Aran 829,600 599,008 220,518 232,502 131,242
Penedès 6,017,759 2,209,342 1,751,473 1,810,293 955,385
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.

Last update: November 14, 2013.

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.