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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 2018
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 544,469 186,056 191,794 161,595 89,680
Alt Empordà 1,449,595 674,267 450,761 448,546 295,196
Alt Penedès 1,449,403 492,449 471,889 421,447 255,331
Alt Urgell 177,640 97,022 80,091 56,810 32,616
Alta Ribagorça 38,552 24,013 14,531 12,735 8,260
Anoia 1,487,687 503,141 524,160 435,651 247,723
Aran 118,819 61,535 30,922 37,889 25,219
Bages 2,227,763 712,938 938,301 643,897 387,042
Baix Camp 2,402,598 794,932 759,257 704,630 427,065
Baix Ebre 754,579 332,915 320,500 235,373 131,926
Baix Empordà 1,430,361 680,758 472,696 442,854 295,777
Baix Llobregat 12,447,738 4,037,191 3,660,998 3,498,563 2,326,682
Baix Penedès 1,109,494 448,815 436,009 332,564 208,993
Barcelonès 33,570,867 13,089,035 11,909,486 9,646,773 7,862,419
Berguedà 408,349 187,481 250,884 127,277 71,579
Cerdanya 183,666 122,983 52,911 60,443 44,035
Conca de Barberà 234,684 92,383 88,411 71,385 38,683
Garraf 2,136,053 839,066 623,025 617,156 461,136
Garrigues 169,209 88,939 81,950 58,011 28,408
Garrotxa 728,685 244,067 264,201 212,892 128,591
Gironès 2,636,404 845,393 745,204 755,591 485,366
Maresme 6,076,225 2,506,860 1,903,890 1,788,078 1,248,148
Moianès 169,060 76,674 54,799 51,562 32,157
Montsià 598,359 284,454 256,651 193,020 94,133
Noguera 368,288 171,203 150,416 120,315 61,371
Osona 2,142,142 736,634 706,762 627,088 382,777
Pallars Jussà 119,894 61,236 63,065 39,415 23,677
Pallars Sobirà 68,693 43,358 24,894 23,642 12,186
Pla d'Urgell 416,705 151,744 133,201 127,649 70,156
Pla de l'Estany 429,015 156,092 119,785 124,991 75,626
Priorat 81,990 51,840 38,979 28,105 14,870
Ribera d'Ebre 229,107 93,445 106,526 70,826 45,080
Ripollès 288,837 122,756 145,597 87,635 56,220
Segarra 265,050 96,241 80,676 81,101 47,316
Segrià 2,566,905 856,032 852,207 764,947 450,062
Selva 1,888,386 722,025 633,018 569,220 316,778
Solsonès 138,128 67,424 55,655 44,943 25,159
Tarragonès 3,292,779 1,029,799 1,043,706 949,704 613,119
Terra Alta 85,915 61,843 52,915 32,474 13,390
Urgell 387,511 151,862 145,314 120,581 64,409
Vallès Occidental 13,794,975 4,538,318 4,061,841 3,914,362 2,805,098
Vallès Oriental 5,740,136 2,032,496 1,719,996 1,655,940 1,010,689
Catalunya 104,854,716 38,567,713 34,717,874 30,397,679 21,314,151
Metropolità 71,680,034 26,229,374 23,271,109 20,519,211 15,263,763
Comarques Gironines 8,851,283 3,445,358 2,831,263 2,641,730 1,653,555
Camp de Tarragona 6,556,520 2,155,009 2,122,146 1,915,419 1,183,417
Terres de l'Ebre 1,667,960 772,658 736,592 531,692 284,529
Ponent 4,173,668 1,516,021 1,443,764 1,272,602 721,722
Comarques Centrals 5,035,349 1,755,675 1,991,503 1,479,274 887,987
Alt Pirineu i Aran 707,264 410,147 266,414 230,934 145,994
Penedès 6,182,638 2,283,471 2,055,084 1,806,818 1,173,183
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: April 27, 2022.

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.