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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 2016
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 503,807 175,050 180,687 148,099 78,993
Alt Empordà 1,344,373 622,308 424,499 411,551 258,009
Alt Penedès 1,342,090 465,837 440,607 386,252 217,576
Alt Urgell 166,138 88,831 76,457 53,394 28,761
Alta Ribagorça 36,160 21,956 14,424 12,218 7,222
Anoia 1,358,297 470,525 493,295 394,039 221,491
Aran 113,220 49,903 28,933 35,449 22,949
Bages 2,056,460 663,281 889,077 587,689 349,478
Baix Camp 2,226,212 752,983 713,489 646,339 383,902
Baix Ebre 691,745 295,044 312,400 217,023 116,014
Baix Empordà 1,298,678 630,468 447,252 400,012 265,212
Baix Llobregat 11,363,783 4,152,900 3,460,631 3,167,287 1,983,799
Baix Penedès 983,635 425,654 401,433 293,706 187,984
Barcelonès 31,222,530 12,492,861 11,564,524 8,829,200 6,796,344
Berguedà 379,298 162,241 243,116 117,892 67,081
Cerdanya 168,384 105,443 48,522 55,213 36,407
Conca de Barberà 217,037 82,898 85,005 65,606 34,055
Garraf 1,876,314 804,823 581,860 539,494 377,604
Garrigues 155,650 78,067 79,776 53,789 24,490
Garrotxa 671,835 222,441 252,397 194,180 112,570
Gironès 2,417,512 796,777 689,064 683,827 423,630
Maresme 5,567,198 2,382,515 1,788,258 1,623,180 1,071,577
Moianès 151,500 66,370 50,788 45,956 27,204
Montsià 537,601 246,085 249,719 174,178 84,028
Noguera 337,130 153,902 146,800 111,746 54,019
Osona 1,942,252 676,229 667,998 567,666 321,798
Pallars Jussà 112,603 51,672 62,748 37,218 20,463
Pallars Sobirà 61,583 38,034 23,610 21,559 11,276
Pla d'Urgell 376,830 140,954 126,342 116,563 57,169
Pla de l'Estany 395,220 143,218 113,158 114,112 65,523
Priorat 78,935 43,557 38,240 27,001 13,180
Ribera d'Ebre 229,733 84,616 103,660 70,306 41,624
Ripollès 282,398 109,573 142,885 84,237 51,365
Segarra 245,969 85,516 77,144 75,614 39,774
Segrià 2,402,926 806,483 798,119 708,512 397,210
Selva 1,705,831 690,064 590,734 509,690 279,103
Solsonès 125,688 54,318 52,102 41,007 20,203
Tarragonès 3,074,811 1,009,913 972,888 872,031 549,729
Terra Alta 83,042 53,742 52,680 31,964 11,917
Urgell 351,863 132,988 139,693 109,380 56,487
Vallès Occidental 12,657,284 4,504,941 3,824,497 3,558,131 2,224,020
Vallès Oriental 5,257,372 1,988,186 1,609,368 1,505,080 875,095
Catalunya 96,570,927 37,023,167 33,058,879 27,697,389 18,266,339
Metropolità 66,113,373 25,544,049 22,260,981 18,696,850 12,959,820
Comarques Gironines 8,115,846 3,214,848 2,659,990 2,397,610 1,455,413
Camp de Tarragona 6,100,803 2,064,401 1,990,310 1,759,076 1,059,858
Terres de l'Ebre 1,542,120 679,486 718,459 493,470 253,584
Ponent 3,870,369 1,397,911 1,367,874 1,175,604 629,150
Comarques Centrals 4,609,992 1,599,793 1,889,378 1,346,237 776,781
Alt Pirineu i Aran 658,089 355,840 254,694 215,050 127,078
Penedès 5,560,336 2,166,840 1,917,195 1,613,491 1,004,656
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.