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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 areas 2004
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 376,181 202,191 95,328 106,193 43,969
Alt Empordà 1,106,753 672,993 298,514 307,998 156,872
Alt Penedès 953,622 361,988 259,425 295,228 137,254
Alt Urgell 158,563 119,288 53,035 44,424 20,064
Alta Ribagorça 39,907 24,087 8,849 11,062 5,032
Anoia 944,950 387,704 326,816 302,476 129,591
Bages 1,642,652 613,018 595,659 518,386 224,034
Baix Camp 1,769,892 808,478 333,846 488,578 224,469
Baix Ebre 641,568 393,907 191,964 184,997 73,490
Baix Empordà 1,124,053 653,434 295,980 308,358 160,011
Baix Llobregat 8,337,898 2,462,627 1,690,736 2,533,263 1,181,510
Baix Penedès 740,894 434,521 165,435 208,281 108,609
Barcelonès 26,272,045 9,218,163 6,921,944 7,824,583 4,705,103
Berguedà 325,420 156,847 175,193 108,070 43,498
Cerdanya 146,715 135,102 31,581 42,531 24,359
Conca de Barberà 177,011 121,590 59,061 50,604 20,128
Garraf 1,407,452 496,294 334,998 428,070 238,228
Garrigues 148,949 139,950 58,813 42,178 16,164
Garrotxa 560,902 269,519 136,242 152,123 64,853
Gironès 2,118,775 727,932 351,793 548,144 259,527
Maresme 4,018,151 2,066,166 1,055,425 1,268,797 682,867
Montsià 460,746 377,235 165,537 139,445 56,502
Noguera 286,844 238,883 105,010 83,304 32,256
Osona 1,304,045 672,408 389,854 431,591 194,889
Pallars Jussà 110,398 78,351 42,173 32,306 13,232
Pallars Sobirà 53,386 54,618 18,988 15,404 7,125
Pla d'Urgell 311,101 151,394 59,627 84,427 36,175
Pla de l'Estany 286,220 209,107 72,168 81,384 32,798
Priorat 61,240 59,968 31,372 18,531 6,685
Ribera d'Ebre 203,565 114,541 70,362 56,784 23,643
Ripollès 286,439 135,666 79,093 75,803 31,532
Segarra 184,898 115,369 54,072 50,892 19,893
Segrià 1,999,482 1,000,489 419,637 538,315 241,981
Selva 1,424,550 647,046 292,509 372,017 156,507
Solsonès 105,608 82,856 29,532 30,371 11,889
Tarragonès 2,461,832 919,319 467,818 658,340 322,646
Terra Alta 72,633 94,550 42,460 23,118 6,913
Urgell 304,459 227,118 95,064 85,631 34,365
Val d'Aran 85,612 93,392 12,415 25,257 14,353
Vallès Occidental 8,995,457 3,153,543 2,148,281 2,760,681 1,377,228
Vallès Oriental 3,825,322 1,521,667 824,449 1,197,834 551,965
Catalunya 75,836,191 30,413,320 18,861,057 22,535,780 11,692,209
Metropolità 53,809,946 19,280,448 13,235,259 16,308,456 8,874,154
Comarques Gironines 6,932,572 3,257,985 1,513,758 1,848,871 865,478
Camp de Tarragona 5,587,052 2,546,068 1,152,859 1,530,528 726,506
Terres de l'Ebre 1,378,511 980,233 470,323 404,343 160,547
Ponent 3,210,852 1,930,915 804,765 881,704 377,457
Comarques Centrals 4,322,676 1,912,832 1,517,053 1,390,894 603,902
Alt Pirineu i Aran 594,581 504,839 167,041 170,983 84,166
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.
Note: Base 2000.

Last update: November 22, 2010.

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.