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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 2007
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating surplus Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 477,385 270,883 120,931 141,532 72,211
Alt Empordà 1,455,503 936,847 413,364 409,522 247,508
Alt Penedès 1,291,840 475,805 387,789 397,478 214,551
Alt Urgell 196,179 149,015 65,540 54,609 30,163
Alta Ribagorça 51,532 29,681 10,393 14,008 7,383
Anoia 1,306,109 520,023 412,971 411,911 207,316
Bages 2,159,931 799,854 766,713 674,476 354,349
Baix Camp 2,263,355 1,071,312 392,893 626,386 362,973
Baix Ebre 800,858 524,976 228,500 232,734 116,136
Baix Empordà 1,400,914 901,097 390,627 404,341 256,105
Baix Llobregat 10,470,160 3,160,487 2,079,605 3,167,619 1,805,699
Baix Penedès 1,049,506 585,325 254,891 308,907 179,770
Barcelonès 31,022,888 11,767,210 8,320,697 9,216,542 6,769,477
Berguedà 419,791 204,806 224,890 136,871 65,290
Cerdanya 191,406 180,065 36,198 54,951 37,292
Conca de Barberà 184,044 175,462 78,012 64,738 30,536
Garraf 1,881,912 649,868 492,630 570,603 372,382
Garrigues 183,926 172,849 66,990 53,711 26,231
Garrotxa 694,177 364,133 145,249 193,837 103,718
Gironès 2,517,762 994,842 470,528 690,583 397,454
Maresme 5,293,476 2,683,663 1,415,890 1,654,281 1,056,136
Montsià 604,597 486,020 219,138 188,521 87,041
Noguera 356,021 304,530 128,609 106,912 51,975
Osona 1,715,660 861,000 463,108 562,321 298,872
Pallars Jussà 145,375 95,675 49,787 41,578 21,050
Pallars Sobirà 68,805 70,387 23,353 20,568 11,607
Pla d'Urgell 379,272 261,892 84,210 110,885 57,138
Pla de l'Estany 371,623 207,138 70,824 109,210 57,352
Priorat 73,801 81,929 36,990 24,297 10,884
Ribera d'Ebre 222,994 151,725 84,682 69,192 33,229
Ripollès 330,212 185,867 87,502 91,695 52,811
Segarra 234,244 150,126 70,989 67,165 31,740
Segrià 2,534,256 1,269,749 514,375 708,048 394,038
Selva 1,932,242 877,530 347,623 502,825 254,616
Solsonès 137,667 108,875 36,609 41,009 19,383
Tarragonès 3,146,583 1,235,698 648,320 863,949 505,131
Terra Alta 80,913 126,146 46,517 28,993 11,263
Urgell 374,349 289,226 125,449 112,401 58,479
Val d'Aran 112,549 126,987 14,273 34,186 24,162
Vallès Occidental 11,610,885 4,023,047 2,832,831 3,538,098 2,145,861
Vallès Oriental 4,982,292 1,981,592 1,037,158 1,550,724 848,612
Catalunya 94,726,995 39,513,340 23,697,646 28,252,216 17,687,927
Metropolità 66,553,453 24,741,673 16,566,600 20,095,345 13,212,718
Comarques Gironines 8,702,434 4,467,453 1,925,717 2,402,012 1,369,565
Camp de Tarragona 7,194,674 3,420,608 1,532,037 2,029,808 1,161,506
Terres de l'Ebre 1,709,362 1,288,867 578,837 519,441 247,670
Ponent 4,062,069 2,448,371 990,621 1,159,122 619,600
Comarques Centrals 5,739,158 2,494,557 1,904,291 1,826,588 945,211
Alt Pirineu i Aran 765,846 651,811 199,544 219,900 131,656
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat.
Note: Base 2000.

Last update: January 20, 2011.

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.