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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 2009
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 540,503 247,869 157,740 146,202 62,117
Alt Empordà 1,476,274 822,675 533,080 411,941 210,114
Alt Penedès 1,342,753 442,024 486,241 411,918 185,860
Alt Urgell 208,232 126,968 78,413 57,668 27,246
Alta Ribagorça 55,590 27,216 13,075 14,857 6,839
Anoia 1,351,329 451,919 540,726 419,951 181,192
Bages 2,248,351 704,665 968,731 691,982 317,047
Baix Camp 2,419,524 1,032,742 526,011 638,150 306,854
Baix Ebre 863,359 486,076 293,812 239,114 101,270
Baix Empordà 1,453,717 826,330 505,994 401,017 217,283
Baix Llobregat 10,734,419 3,212,279 2,722,236 3,216,371 1,588,094
Baix Penedès 1,179,079 549,138 349,318 312,211 156,560
Barcelonès 32,227,233 10,726,349 10,061,349 9,470,815 5,868,263
Berguedà 448,397 164,007 265,532 145,112 59,440
Cerdanya 187,055 160,302 47,406 54,651 30,959
Conca de Barberà 220,552 154,766 94,796 63,052 27,111
Garraf 1,923,148 609,110 628,382 577,133 321,624
Garrigues 201,466 138,368 78,624 57,828 22,566
Garrotxa 725,009 329,310 181,262 196,754 88,911
Gironès 2,640,614 924,475 609,959 691,553 346,327
Maresme 5,523,332 2,385,903 1,786,982 1,705,722 928,088
Montsià 674,955 452,580 289,943 191,201 77,249
Noguera 395,460 248,380 159,364 112,896 45,989
Osona 1,804,861 740,379 601,231 588,927 257,796
Pallars Jussà 163,373 81,937 59,014 44,454 20,384
Pallars Sobirà 76,664 60,507 27,193 21,833 10,127
Pla d'Urgell 415,390 229,896 105,276 115,298 48,499
Pla de l'Estany 410,543 191,370 88,855 112,559 50,691
Priorat 94,530 74,006 42,314 28,136 10,393
Ribera d'Ebre 272,427 137,477 101,807 74,125 32,513
Ripollès 342,169 163,635 106,844 92,156 41,614
Segarra 257,365 126,683 87,614 70,197 27,959
Segrià 2,778,056 1,116,138 645,460 731,306 353,532
Selva 1,970,276 836,759 473,932 527,001 215,658
Solsonès 150,124 88,452 46,469 42,232 17,644
Tarragonès 3,480,558 1,215,812 838,199 885,433 444,383
Terra Alta 104,705 103,769 52,585 34,976 9,853
Urgell 414,725 242,298 152,755 114,337 50,455
Val d'Aran 122,195 103,025 19,615 34,043 20,876
Vallès Occidental 11,935,643 3,938,296 3,672,120 3,596,813 1,868,747
Vallès Oriental 5,079,631 1,767,472 1,406,360 1,570,720 741,113
Catalunya 98,913,589 36,441,360 29,906,620 28,912,642 15,399,239
Metropolità 65,500,258 22,030,299 19,649,048 19,560,440 10,994,305
Comarques Gironines 9,018,603 4,094,553 2,499,926 2,432,980 1,170,599
Camp de Tarragona 6,755,667 2,725,195 1,659,061 1,760,973 850,858
Terres de l'Ebre 1,915,447 1,179,901 738,147 539,416 220,885
Ponent 4,462,464 2,101,762 1,229,092 1,201,862 548,999
Comarques Centrals 4,651,733 1,697,504 1,881,963 1,468,252 651,926
Alt Pirineu i Aran 813,108 559,955 244,716 227,506 116,431
Penedès 5,796,309 2,052,191 2,004,667 1,721,212 845,235
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.
Note: Base 2008.

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.