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Gross disposable household income. Per inhabitant and Catalonia Index. Counties and Aran, and areas

Gross disposable household income (GDHI). Per inhabitant and Catalonia Index. Counties and Aran, and areas 2021 (p)
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 747,053 16,512 90.0
Alt Empordà 2,059,702 14,339 78.1
Alt Penedès 1,958,312 17,716 96.5
Alt Urgell 293,835 14,416 78.5
Alta Ribagorça 60,948 15,345 83.6
Anoia 2,057,769 16,506 89.9
Aran 164,805 15,982 87.1
Bages 3,153,459 17,465 95.1
Baix Camp 3,189,934 16,245 88.5
Baix Ebre 1,174,585 14,784 80.5
Baix Empordà 2,116,012 15,378 83.8
Baix Llobregat 15,751,847 18,927 103.1
Baix Penedès 1,706,031 15,343 83.6
Barcelonès 45,953,396 20,293 110.6
Berguedà 711,230 17,716 96.5
Cerdanya 299,295 15,438 84.1
Conca de Barberà 336,940 16,692 90.9
Garraf 2,897,774 18,660 101.7
Garrigues 282,591 14,863 81.0
Garrotxa 1,037,755 17,472 95.2
Gironès 3,400,316 17,270 94.1
Maresme 8,492,189 18,427 100.4
Moianès 250,635 17,549 95.6
Montsià 958,485 13,938 75.9
Noguera 562,999 14,381 78.3
Osona 2,937,321 17,874 97.4
Pallars Jussà 203,144 15,383 83.8
Pallars Sobirà 112,200 15,714 85.6
Pla d'Urgell 587,604 15,736 85.7
Pla de l'Estany 594,220 18,085 98.5
Priorat 141,564 15,298 83.3
Ribera d'Ebre 338,736 15,458 84.2
Ripollès 451,187 17,685 96.3
Segarra 356,668 15,157 82.6
Segrià 3,483,464 16,502 89.9
Selva 2,661,839 15,112 82.3
Solsonès 216,864 15,864 86.4
Tarragonès 4,272,332 16,229 88.4
Terra Alta 164,612 14,408 78.5
Urgell 572,617 15,345 83.6
Vallès Occidental 17,936,978 19,125 104.2
Vallès Oriental 7,714,105 18,543 101.0
Catalonia 142,363,357 18,356 100.0
Metropolità 95,924,237 19,514 106.3
Comarques Gironines 12,321,031 15,959 86.9
Camp de Tarragona 8,687,824 16,260 88.6
Terres de l'Ebre 2,636,418 14,521 79.1
Ponent 5,845,944 15,910 86.7
Comarques Centrals 7,193,788 17,594 95.9
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,134,228 15,245 83.1
Penedès 8,619,886 17,182 93.6
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.
Note: The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: April 26, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

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.