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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 Aran, and areas 2010
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 511,686 163,378 178,884 155,101 69,997
Alt Empordà 1,400,611 532,912 469,872 436,184 235,245
Alt Penedès 1,398,521 443,294 422,825 407,974 199,643
Alt Urgell 189,173 83,597 85,941 60,651 30,169
Alta Ribagorça 43,805 21,655 17,454 14,429 7,276
Anoia 1,397,026 441,874 489,148 423,507 198,416
Aran 117,724 46,534 30,053 37,032 22,590
Bages 2,154,865 608,306 884,110 642,409 326,622
Baix Camp 2,331,879 697,439 698,490 686,019 341,598
Baix Ebre 812,672 263,581 323,469 258,164 113,173
Baix Empordà 1,376,938 579,036 482,231 429,913 242,233
Baix Llobregat 11,397,658 3,766,796 3,197,243 3,239,428 1,687,230
Baix Penedès 1,075,377 446,892 385,348 333,692 175,507
Barcelonès 32,997,985 10,871,002 11,669,574 9,300,192 6,023,688
Berguedà 421,702 148,220 235,279 134,135 64,482
Cerdanya 180,170 102,999 55,713 59,697 33,996
Conca de Barberà 226,203 79,236 87,461 69,490 31,931
Garraf 1,968,856 695,935 585,537 569,731 339,133
Garrigues 174,310 77,736 86,803 61,683 25,932
Garrotxa 675,001 185,157 244,419 196,064 102,387
Gironès 2,493,661 681,759 710,189 704,010 388,951
Maresme 5,818,668 2,101,066 1,744,828 1,705,378 957,893
Moianès 153,501 60,553 49,026 47,136 24,567
Montsià 611,304 232,490 271,178 203,342 86,219
Noguera 355,564 150,157 157,489 122,077 51,118
Osona 1,921,282 585,251 634,891 577,261 280,397
Pallars Jussà 130,874 54,992 66,039 42,771 21,754
Pallars Sobirà 68,358 37,146 27,698 23,635 10,375
Pla d'Urgell 388,846 132,855 134,564 122,703 53,345
Pla de l'Estany 394,193 121,880 111,456 112,237 58,526
Priorat 86,123 42,883 40,051 30,057 12,256
Ribera d'Ebre 247,528 83,485 102,938 75,737 37,926
Ripollès 301,690 95,692 142,823 92,098 48,447
Segarra 245,872 80,531 87,010 76,976 32,893
Segrià 2,567,209 726,235 801,313 759,437 381,123
Selva 1,745,092 630,996 573,132 538,890 246,525
Solsonès 135,146 51,756 54,094 45,464 19,502
Tarragonès 3,187,196 943,611 965,158 912,842 492,719
Terra Alta 90,738 56,080 53,999 36,025 11,706
Urgell 380,838 125,272 147,935 119,999 53,959
Vallès Occidental 12,773,942 4,045,108 3,661,749 3,658,566 1,958,324
Vallès Oriental 5,347,548 1,812,649 1,505,725 1,566,752 782,411
Catalunya 100,297,335 33,108,026 32,673,140 29,088,890 16,282,184
Metropolità 68,382,502 22,617,731 21,792,937 19,484,687 11,417,717
Comarques Gironines 8,387,186 2,827,433 2,734,121 2,509,396 1,322,314
Camp de Tarragona 6,343,086 1,926,547 1,970,043 1,853,509 948,500
Terres de l'Ebre 1,762,241 635,636 751,585 573,267 249,024
Ponent 4,112,640 1,292,785 1,415,115 1,262,876 598,370
Comarques Centrals 4,739,795 1,432,977 1,843,582 1,432,035 707,399
Alt Pirineu i Aran 730,104 346,923 282,899 238,215 126,161
Penedès 5,839,780 2,027,995 1,882,858 1,734,905 912,699
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: April 30, 2020.

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.