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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 2012
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 471,802 172,523 183,530 145,882 74,459
Alt Empordà 1,264,211 561,521 436,565 402,872 252,526
Alt Penedès 1,302,601 454,870 435,499 385,758 210,737
Alt Urgell 165,808 91,639 78,775 55,761 30,562
Alta Ribagorça 36,385 24,884 15,490 12,976 7,049
Anoia 1,296,160 462,868 496,307 394,463 209,282
Aran 108,738 49,131 28,168 34,784 23,068
Bages 1,932,943 647,352 913,956 578,849 339,484
Baix Camp 2,117,323 730,304 705,486 640,324 362,066
Baix Ebre 678,009 285,440 325,173 224,721 113,783
Baix Empordà 1,222,822 597,730 460,000 391,980 253,282
Baix Llobregat 10,595,905 3,939,912 3,400,701 3,054,821 1,815,356
Baix Penedès 950,982 465,640 393,211 300,757 181,309
Barcelonès 30,011,157 11,291,772 11,594,694 8,660,218 6,363,311
Berguedà 373,544 163,171 253,130 122,705 66,230
Cerdanya 159,377 112,182 49,064 54,931 34,992
Conca de Barberà 207,067 83,878 88,821 65,908 32,670
Garraf 1,787,282 706,430 570,565 528,766 351,379
Garrigues 153,243 87,414 83,734 56,658 24,268
Garrotxa 623,951 200,949 258,708 185,330 105,538
Gironès 2,243,924 718,076 677,153 651,953 394,274
Maresme 5,310,743 2,177,203 1,748,135 1,590,732 1,003,132
Moianès 141,877 65,602 51,018 44,375 25,902
Montsià 528,846 253,192 264,777 183,660 85,552
Noguera 320,813 169,529 151,921 113,859 52,195
Osona 1,777,650 632,254 673,476 542,531 299,484
Pallars Jussà 115,339 60,295 64,518 39,877 22,246
Pallars Sobirà 60,206 42,261 24,662 21,923 10,553
Pla d'Urgell 353,073 148,054 129,452 114,886 54,908
Pla de l'Estany 369,675 130,111 113,439 108,153 63,269
Priorat 75,807 44,108 40,689 27,784 12,231
Ribera d'Ebre 235,479 86,662 102,887 73,019 41,844
Ripollès 278,264 103,596 146,929 85,717 50,754
Segarra 230,776 95,906 89,447 78,857 35,102
Segrià 2,269,966 791,213 807,343 698,327 381,008
Selva 1,608,681 663,700 594,594 501,073 264,094
Solsonès 123,018 59,400 53,330 41,710 20,717
Tarragonès 2,940,777 987,356 949,147 860,963 523,571
Terra Alta 81,677 59,118 55,477 34,197 11,910
Urgell 341,721 142,838 142,725 111,720 55,895
Vallès Occidental 11,796,944 4,227,474 3,787,074 3,436,004 2,064,343
Vallès Oriental 4,923,618 1,930,793 1,583,771 1,469,670 821,338
Catalunya 91,588,185 34,718,350 33,023,543 27,129,452 17,145,673
Metropolità 62,682,438 23,590,533 22,128,556 18,225,422 12,076,299
Comarques Gironines 7,611,528 2,975,683 2,687,389 2,327,077 1,383,737
Camp de Tarragona 5,812,777 2,018,168 1,967,673 1,740,862 1,004,997
Terres de l'Ebre 1,524,011 684,412 748,314 515,597 253,089
Ponent 3,669,592 1,434,954 1,404,621 1,174,307 603,377
Comarques Centrals 4,304,961 1,544,399 1,930,730 1,316,192 742,998
Alt Pirineu i Aran 645,853 380,392 260,677 220,251 128,468
Penedès 5,337,025 2,089,809 1,895,582 1,609,744 952,706
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.