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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 2019
GDHI (Thousands of euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Euros) GDHI per inhabitant (Catalonia Index=100 per inhabitant)
Alt Camp 720,501 16,266 88.1
Alt Empordà 2,034,758 14,802 80.2
Alt Penedès 1,839,020 17,023 92.2
Alt Urgell 293,967 14,569 78.9
Alta Ribagorça 61,538 16,124 87.3
Anoia 1,964,683 16,374 88.7
Aran 169,499 17,088 92.5
Bages 3,093,006 17,594 95.3
Baix Camp 3,068,672 16,056 87.0
Baix Ebre 1,121,858 14,535 78.7
Baix Empordà 2,037,282 15,458 83.7
Baix Llobregat 15,583,645 19,109 103.5
Baix Penedès 1,583,447 15,340 83.1
Barcelonès 46,669,022 20,722 112.2
Berguedà 682,185 17,435 94.4
Cerdanya 287,025 16,055 86.9
Conca de Barberà 327,256 16,418 88.9
Garraf 2,771,130 18,833 102.0
Garrigues 271,140 14,368 77.8
Garrotxa 1,001,606 17,878 96.8
Gironès 3,353,292 17,907 97.0
Maresme 8,293,840 18,660 101.1
Moianès 235,283 17,550 95.0
Montsià 907,138 13,323 72.2
Noguera 550,622 14,408 78.0
Osona 2,834,271 17,975 97.4
Pallars Jussà 195,918 15,160 82.1
Pallars Sobirà 107,291 15,557 84.3
Pla d'Urgell 557,224 15,064 81.6
Pla de l'Estany 549,742 17,208 93.2
Priorat 137,663 14,963 81.0
Ribera d'Ebre 328,222 15,149 82.0
Ripollès 440,258 17,684 95.8
Segarra 336,356 14,936 80.9
Segrià 3,327,147 16,205 87.8
Selva 2,555,335 15,267 82.7
Solsonès 209,326 15,417 83.5
Tarragonès 4,116,329 16,110 87.2
Terra Alta 166,239 14,620 79.2
Urgell 545,075 15,039 81.5
Vallès Occidental 17,275,115 18,783 101.7
Vallès Oriental 7,387,737 18,154 98.3
Catalonia 139,990,665 18,464 100.0
Metropolità 95,280,674 19,675 106.6
Comarques Gironines 11,972,273 16,250 88.0
Camp de Tarragona 8,370,421 16,095 87.2
Terres de l'Ebre 2,523,458 14,152 76.6
Ponent 5,587,564 15,601 84.5
Comarques Centrals 6,982,756 17,645 95.6
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,115,238 15,574 84.3
Penedès 8,158,281 17,054 92.4
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: May 10, 2023.

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.