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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 2005
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 408,743 225,011 102,641 117,745 51,482
Alt Empordà 1,210,960 770,660 332,968 339,051 182,564
Alt Penedès 1,057,803 406,705 296,349 325,727 157,980
Alt Urgell 164,029 132,074 56,485 44,797 22,439
Alta Ribagorça 42,017 26,501 9,263 11,743 5,951
Anoia 1,065,726 445,526 346,795 336,964 149,244
Bages 1,795,198 695,272 648,413 561,866 255,616
Baix Camp 1,901,571 897,997 350,704 520,845 256,944
Baix Ebre 691,834 436,723 201,686 194,466 85,066
Baix Empordà 1,224,798 730,625 322,185 338,850 187,711
Baix Llobregat 8,997,607 2,761,076 1,816,231 2,716,354 1,328,182
Baix Penedès 849,749 487,662 191,367 243,465 130,556
Barcelonès 27,383,679 10,343,785 7,376,128 8,104,811 5,103,398
Berguedà 348,350 179,966 186,498 114,491 48,499
Cerdanya 160,991 153,535 32,918 47,268 29,108
Conca de Barberà 186,356 126,730 64,138 54,407 22,143
Garraf 1,578,355 559,250 380,427 476,602 274,344
Garrigues 148,640 147,113 60,583 44,481 18,130
Garrotxa 596,505 298,608 136,923 162,611 74,005
Gironès 2,256,406 813,251 389,797 586,483 296,080
Maresme 4,438,944 2,338,999 1,162,951 1,391,392 782,144
Montsià 499,802 416,738 181,383 153,965 67,582
Noguera 292,660 253,308 111,538 89,892 36,131
Osona 1,426,733 750,829 413,882 468,700 214,613
Pallars Jussà 118,012 82,597 44,142 34,289 15,328
Pallars Sobirà 55,814 60,812 19,877 17,008 8,415
Pla d'Urgell 334,716 167,994 63,189 91,646 41,040
Pla de l'Estany 297,298 221,465 75,670 89,032 37,528
Priorat 66,170 67,633 32,758 20,389 7,807
Ribera d'Ebre 207,540 124,746 74,216 59,336 25,193
Ripollès 301,563 152,826 80,271 80,373 35,607
Segarra 188,500 121,907 58,511 55,073 22,480
Segrià 2,053,700 1,055,025 446,375 584,063 282,100
Selva 1,585,975 729,670 309,111 410,645 185,483
Solsonès 109,793 88,556 31,916 33,453 12,962
Tarragonès 2,638,308 1,033,601 517,653 725,476 372,128
Terra Alta 76,044 99,616 42,868 24,678 7,775
Urgell 319,792 239,946 104,189 92,855 39,990
Val d'Aran 90,045 109,522 12,660 28,019 17,272
Vallès Occidental 9,833,818 3,504,200 2,348,579 2,997,412 1,564,949
Vallès Oriental 4,204,377 1,730,525 880,522 1,307,567 634,913
Catalunya 81,208,921 33,988,585 20,314,759 24,098,292 13,090,879
Metropolità 57,494,583 21,644,541 14,261,187 17,319,866 9,845,911
Comarques Gironines 7,510,924 3,663,632 1,634,444 2,009,659 1,002,489
Camp de Tarragona 6,050,897 2,838,633 1,259,260 1,682,328 841,058
Terres de l'Ebre 1,475,220 1,077,824 500,153 432,445 185,615
Ponent 3,300,589 2,038,764 856,865 955,397 436,359
Comarques Centrals 4,745,800 2,160,149 1,627,505 1,515,474 680,934
Alt Pirineu i Aran 630,908 565,041 175,345 183,124 98,513
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.