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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 2013
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 458,420 171,112 183,575 141,230 74,805
Alt Empordà 1,237,925 571,213 436,082 394,204 250,180
Alt Penedès 1,247,085 449,087 446,200 374,056 210,386
Alt Urgell 157,243 88,435 79,058 53,644 28,961
Alta Ribagorça 35,770 23,620 15,143 12,568 7,028
Anoia 1,238,890 453,444 506,127 379,902 207,366
Aran 104,165 47,276 28,433 33,207 21,575
Bages 1,869,499 636,415 922,115 562,799 341,350
Baix Camp 2,067,514 730,435 710,290 623,279 357,991
Baix Ebre 645,625 279,758 322,042 213,419 112,699
Baix Empordà 1,186,708 597,804 459,656 380,666 252,468
Baix Llobregat 10,298,021 3,992,095 3,463,999 2,984,050 1,845,855
Baix Penedès 907,329 455,794 399,650 286,100 174,809
Barcelonès 29,124,017 11,314,597 11,741,754 8,461,839 6,357,854
Berguedà 358,964 158,812 255,724 118,511 67,381
Cerdanya 153,397 111,335 49,452 52,994 34,066
Conca de Barberà 200,908 82,909 88,661 63,974 33,028
Garraf 1,719,768 719,718 582,300 512,414 355,413
Garrigues 147,371 85,591 84,133 54,658 24,529
Garrotxa 607,467 202,589 259,383 182,331 108,185
Gironès 2,184,760 727,297 686,369 639,754 400,210
Maresme 5,174,551 2,193,526 1,781,038 1,558,051 1,039,178
Moianès 140,000 63,700 51,279 43,962 26,602
Montsià 495,862 237,653 261,614 172,211 82,703
Noguera 308,596 164,185 150,996 109,786 53,473
Osona 1,742,496 636,526 680,152 534,869 305,859
Pallars Jussà 110,665 58,744 64,143 38,357 21,548
Pallars Sobirà 57,860 39,438 24,548 21,068 10,357
Pla d'Urgell 343,825 145,105 129,561 112,315 55,826
Pla de l'Estany 360,454 131,664 114,028 106,942 61,435
Priorat 72,932 43,560 40,187 26,602 12,325
Ribera d'Ebre 233,117 85,440 103,809 72,655 43,094
Ripollès 264,695 103,086 147,809 82,582 51,183
Segarra 221,919 93,427 79,219 71,055 36,737
Segrià 2,212,696 780,514 810,785 680,812 383,310
Selva 1,559,575 659,171 599,326 485,056 264,883
Solsonès 122,074 57,478 54,640 41,942 21,811
Tarragonès 2,863,205 986,399 957,356 835,137 531,746
Terra Alta 77,870 57,173 55,269 32,930 11,885
Urgell 326,015 138,726 143,692 107,987 56,305
Vallès Occidental 11,399,933 4,258,641 3,843,687 3,343,127 2,114,990
Vallès Oriental 4,747,392 1,925,415 1,617,069 1,424,977 829,907
Catalunya 88,786,578 34,758,906 33,430,349 26,428,020 17,281,295
Metropolità 60,787,442 23,707,084 22,461,421 17,785,912 12,196,679
Comarques Gironines 7,401,583 2,992,823 2,702,652 2,271,535 1,388,544
Camp de Tarragona 5,662,980 2,014,415 1,980,068 1,690,222 1,009,894
Terres de l'Ebre 1,452,473 660,024 742,734 491,214 250,381
Ponent 3,560,423 1,407,548 1,398,386 1,136,614 610,181
Comarques Centrals 4,189,504 1,530,121 1,950,035 1,288,214 754,107
Alt Pirineu i Aran 619,100 368,848 260,776 211,837 123,535
Penedès 5,113,073 2,078,044 1,934,277 1,552,471 947,973
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.