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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 2017
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 519,272 182,402 182,915 153,894 82,784
Alt Empordà 1,388,123 672,489 431,910 429,750 273,595
Alt Penedès 1,396,561 488,302 446,701 405,007 246,533
Alt Urgell 172,085 95,984 77,281 55,316 30,166
Alta Ribagorça 37,793 24,340 14,231 12,650 7,245
Anoia 1,411,976 491,986 498,004 412,321 232,297
Aran 116,374 60,273 28,953 36,694 24,314
Bages 2,148,115 698,180 903,172 617,980 367,441
Baix Camp 2,302,662 780,649 721,472 674,085 404,665
Baix Ebre 721,847 323,404 309,188 226,329 119,991
Baix Empordà 1,351,140 681,585 454,762 420,459 280,737
Baix Llobregat 11,900,620 4,090,258 3,492,182 3,338,802 2,173,701
Baix Penedès 1,034,468 437,467 413,227 310,748 196,046
Barcelonès 32,332,911 12,932,643 11,538,976 9,244,292 7,344,045
Berguedà 393,656 181,650 243,662 123,008 67,318
Cerdanya 174,165 118,604 49,621 57,292 38,885
Conca de Barberà 228,721 89,892 84,965 69,305 36,945
Garraf 1,993,439 831,920 589,035 576,089 409,798
Garrigues 163,234 86,713 79,102 56,218 26,180
Garrotxa 700,648 242,249 254,034 204,310 118,785
Gironès 2,529,316 845,032 708,079 721,900 453,709
Maresme 5,824,765 2,475,224 1,810,283 1,710,160 1,164,916
Moianès 160,037 73,504 51,902 48,793 33,360
Montsià 562,520 271,802 246,618 182,622 89,336
Noguera 352,231 170,331 145,975 116,332 66,494
Osona 2,047,445 721,152 674,390 598,969 351,058
Pallars Jussà 116,523 61,309 61,744 38,587 21,705
Pallars Sobirà 65,263 43,002 23,505 22,618 11,640
Pla d'Urgell 397,087 150,977 127,222 122,480 63,167
Pla de l'Estany 413,610 152,966 113,241 120,196 69,951
Priorat 79,347 49,924 37,909 27,536 13,758
Ribera d'Ebre 233,607 92,032 103,362 71,968 43,589
Ripollès 283,879 122,554 142,259 85,735 51,983
Segarra 256,579 95,288 77,376 78,903 47,577
Segrià 2,499,657 854,849 810,084 741,841 417,684
Selva 1,788,634 716,817 603,250 537,821 289,533
Solsonès 131,772 63,701 52,417 43,057 21,465
Tarragonès 3,160,211 1,008,314 991,021 907,680 570,518
Terra Alta 84,161 60,488 51,675 32,398 12,752
Urgell 371,500 147,450 139,596 115,465 60,010
Vallès Occidental 13,158,173 4,530,396 3,867,067 3,726,215 2,391,935
Vallès Oriental 5,502,189 2,018,057 1,632,989 1,584,867 941,190
Catalunya 100,506,317 38,236,160 33,285,354 29,060,690 19,668,800
Metropolità 68,765,620 26,070,851 22,355,539 19,618,895 14,029,403
Comarques Gironines 8,455,349 3,433,693 2,707,535 2,520,171 1,538,294
Camp de Tarragona 6,290,213 2,111,181 2,018,281 1,832,499 1,108,670
Terres de l'Ebre 1,602,135 747,726 710,843 513,316 265,669
Ponent 4,040,288 1,505,608 1,379,354 1,231,239 681,112
Comarques Centrals 4,834,065 1,713,914 1,911,500 1,417,248 827,025
Alt Pirineu i Aran 682,204 403,512 255,335 223,157 133,955
Penedès 5,836,444 2,249,675 1,946,966 1,704,165 1,084,673
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: April 30, 2021.

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.