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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 Aran, and areas 2011
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 501,888 170,726 181,486 152,731 73,298
Alt Empordà 1,347,631 555,161 432,870 423,355 232,613
Alt Penedès 1,383,025 456,051 426,485 403,891 206,945
Alt Urgell 177,142 87,623 78,065 58,145 30,191
Alta Ribagorça 40,647 22,961 15,027 13,942 7,108
Anoia 1,370,773 464,829 486,906 412,247 198,229
Aran 113,842 48,415 27,785 36,135 21,975
Bages 2,065,526 641,146 913,222 613,709 337,210
Baix Camp 2,264,484 731,828 688,784 673,823 348,858
Baix Ebre 733,986 275,861 324,917 239,760 111,770
Baix Empordà 1,316,778 603,239 457,100 415,448 240,170
Baix Llobregat 11,152,345 4,045,731 3,331,995 3,179,771 1,753,300
Baix Penedès 1,029,463 473,601 386,183 321,349 177,418
Barcelonès 31,759,359 11,508,098 11,529,764 9,065,791 6,156,609
Berguedà 404,496 155,539 252,345 129,632 64,597
Cerdanya 175,276 106,705 48,239 58,661 34,967
Conca de Barberà 220,146 81,068 86,232 67,984 32,361
Garraf 1,895,227 732,164 558,588 553,962 328,964
Garrigues 166,728 80,905 83,445 60,079 24,425
Garrotxa 655,999 192,484 256,336 191,521 103,137
Gironès 2,386,429 714,555 666,896 682,716 377,731
Maresme 5,632,203 2,212,673 1,717,573 1,666,115 969,345
Moianès 149,048 63,095 50,601 46,270 24,256
Montsià 575,680 244,084 262,129 195,275 86,162
Noguera 347,052 157,413 150,311 119,579 52,363
Osona 1,874,076 614,165 667,066 565,435 312,550
Pallars Jussà 124,995 57,134 65,169 42,067 21,894
Pallars Sobirà 65,270 39,168 24,774 23,133 10,476
Pla d'Urgell 371,619 139,958 129,125 119,352 53,728
Pla de l'Estany 389,014 127,586 112,201 111,591 59,978
Priorat 81,997 41,142 41,192 29,469 12,361
Ribera d'Ebre 250,238 84,714 103,353 76,632 40,595
Ripollès 294,733 99,510 146,502 89,200 50,365
Segarra 239,393 87,196 79,965 75,365 33,666
Segrià 2,442,758 760,746 794,082 736,923 377,246
Selva 1,700,629 667,758 588,055 524,982 250,581
Solsonès 131,798 54,656 53,776 43,886 19,966
Tarragonès 3,149,263 1,010,002 816,866 908,390 509,993
Terra Alta 88,840 52,604 55,805 35,689 12,188
Urgell 367,040 131,920 141,588 117,227 54,678
Vallès Occidental 12,461,318 4,306,437 3,730,849 3,586,698 2,065,624
Vallès Oriental 5,194,221 1,932,449 1,545,750 1,528,498 788,848
Catalunya 97,092,375 35,033,100 32,509,402 28,396,426 16,668,740
Metropolità 66,244,737 24,027,510 21,869,829 19,041,062 11,742,142
Comarques Gironines 8,091,214 2,960,293 2,659,960 2,438,813 1,314,576
Camp de Tarragona 6,217,777 2,034,767 1,814,560 1,832,397 976,871
Terres de l'Ebre 1,648,744 657,263 746,203 547,355 250,715
Ponent 3,934,590 1,358,138 1,378,516 1,228,525 596,106
Comarques Centrals 4,579,654 1,506,480 1,923,112 1,384,742 750,163
Alt Pirineu i Aran 697,171 362,005 259,059 232,083 126,611
Penedès 5,678,488 2,126,645 1,858,162 1,691,449 911,557
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: April 30, 2020.

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.