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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 2021 (p)
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 593,173 173,872 240,921 179,399 96,508
Alt Empordà 1,583,386 657,018 598,935 512,052 329,330
Alt Penedès 1,652,972 474,524 592,603 490,413 277,769
Alt Urgell 197,416 91,423 97,949 63,921 36,509
Alta Ribagorça 42,647 22,887 18,521 14,839 8,501
Anoia 1,696,788 486,069 651,790 506,399 282,287
Aran 125,690 59,200 45,755 43,448 27,134
Bages 2,476,425 682,107 1,129,607 733,868 462,625
Baix Camp 2,673,489 786,124 977,987 809,751 484,351
Baix Ebre 879,457 323,935 392,050 275,172 155,446
Baix Empordà 1,607,331 689,956 608,321 514,827 352,342
Baix Llobregat 13,534,309 3,890,264 4,612,811 3,956,360 2,571,756
Baix Penedès 1,312,514 462,921 571,986 406,048 235,821
Barcelonès 36,156,593 12,537,642 14,486,022 10,838,689 8,616,994
Berguedà 454,422 177,582 291,493 143,506 82,141
Cerdanya 211,457 131,247 70,517 72,945 52,641
Conca de Barberà 260,563 87,284 108,004 80,077 44,074
Garraf 2,414,220 832,888 812,974 724,294 529,977
Garrigues 199,056 81,098 95,717 65,986 33,160
Garrotxa 832,725 236,445 319,085 246,963 147,934
Gironès 2,986,923 837,731 944,858 878,255 602,061
Maresme 6,838,929 2,446,202 2,430,651 2,075,576 1,442,106
Moianès 198,306 74,843 69,532 61,459 37,111
Montsià 690,049 273,157 319,980 222,477 111,182
Noguera 425,318 158,858 180,643 138,353 73,637
Osona 2,435,174 703,086 869,606 722,990 432,348
Pallars Jussà 141,136 56,847 75,459 45,973 27,550
Pallars Sobirà 76,338 44,018 31,391 27,279 14,439
Pla d'Urgell 480,832 141,893 163,877 147,434 80,651
Pla de l'Estany 495,932 154,105 151,314 146,441 91,903
Priorat 94,095 47,450 46,794 32,215 15,869
Ribera d'Ebre 248,566 86,360 126,346 77,177 48,320
Ripollès 314,266 121,904 170,576 98,107 63,175
Segarra 296,926 87,902 100,229 91,516 46,945
Segrià 2,961,208 787,493 1,047,600 886,421 583,938
Selva 2,063,512 724,494 853,605 659,519 356,642
Solsonès 156,428 64,507 68,777 51,273 27,598
Tarragonès 3,656,818 1,027,691 1,347,972 1,095,165 711,513
Terra Alta 94,694 56,645 61,732 35,248 14,771
Urgell 455,009 140,902 175,954 140,556 75,366
Vallès Occidental 15,494,579 4,403,453 5,083,026 4,513,779 2,954,908
Vallès Oriental 6,530,722 1,979,605 2,177,147 1,929,047 1,172,642
Catalunya 116,040,392 37,303,632 43,220,118 34,755,216 23,811,978
Metropolità 78,614,563 25,282,412 28,808,918 23,332,109 16,770,194
Comarques Gironines 9,884,075 3,421,654 3,646,694 3,056,165 1,943,388
Camp de Tarragona 7,278,138 2,122,420 2,721,677 2,196,606 1,352,315
Terres de l'Ebre 1,912,766 740,098 900,109 610,074 329,719
Ponent 4,818,349 1,398,147 1,764,020 1,470,266 893,697
Comarques Centrals 5,661,324 1,676,877 2,409,755 1,694,437 1,030,036
Alt Pirineu i Aran 794,684 405,622 339,591 268,406 166,775
Penedès 7,076,493 2,256,401 2,629,353 2,127,154 1,325,856
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: April 26, 2024.

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.