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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 2015
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 645,998 14,633 87.9
Alt Empordà 1,725,321 12,653 76.0
Alt Penedès 1,652,123 15,652 94.0
Alt Urgell 260,614 12,714 76.4
Alta Ribagorça 56,543 14,552 87.4
Anoia 1,728,525 14,744 88.6
Aran 133,203 13,609 81.8
Bages 2,750,976 15,886 95.4
Baix Camp 2,685,219 14,238 85.5
Baix Ebre 968,483 12,328 74.1
Baix Empordà 1,739,026 13,366 80.3
Baix Llobregat 14,051,971 17,550 105.4
Baix Penedès 1,332,487 13,452 80.8
Barcelonès 41,591,486 18,901 113.5
Berguedà 623,599 15,935 95.7
Cerdanya 234,726 13,211 79.4
Conca de Barberà 289,238 14,248 85.6
Garraf 2,365,086 16,434 98.7
Garrigues 253,954 13,224 79.4
Garrotxa 858,851 15,634 93.9
Gironès 2,831,825 15,620 93.8
Maresme 7,101,452 16,348 98.2
Moianès 201,572 15,447 92.8
Montsià 793,729 11,657 70.0
Noguera 505,733 13,112 78.8
Osona 2,440,236 15,947 95.8
Pallars Jussà 182,980 13,784 82.8
Pallars Sobirà 94,735 13,635 81.9
Pla d'Urgell 497,190 13,546 81.4
Pla de l'Estany 481,370 15,367 92.3
Priorat 124,860 13,296 79.9
Ribera d'Ebre 317,014 14,256 85.6
Ripollès 403,155 16,045 96.4
Segarra 315,808 14,097 84.7
Segrià 2,991,566 14,604 87.7
Selva 2,215,790 13,364 80.3
Solsonès 181,013 13,507 81.1
Tarragonès 3,631,752 14,552 87.4
Terra Alta 148,906 12,749 76.6
Urgell 483,915 13,474 80.9
Vallès Occidental 15,306,067 17,048 102.4
Vallès Oriental 6,600,264 16,575 99.6
Catalonia 123,798,363 16,647 100.0
Metropolità 84,713,946 17,889 107.5
Comarques Gironines 10,255,339 14,146 85.0
Camp de Tarragona 7,377,066 14,408 86.6
Terres de l'Ebre 2,228,133 12,340 74.1
Ponent 5,048,165 14,115 84.8
Comarques Centrals 6,134,691 15,810 95.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 962,802 13,343 80.1
Penedès 7,078,222 15,197 91.3
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.

Last update: April 30, 2020.

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.