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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 2019
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 565,929 186,515 206,768 171,532 91,718
Alt Empordà 1,551,611 680,144 484,650 486,006 309,468
Alt Penedès 1,527,182 496,000 510,175 452,437 259,924
Alt Urgell 187,736 95,819 85,046 60,167 34,504
Alta Ribagorça 41,587 24,789 15,395 13,962 7,562
Anoia 1,595,318 513,380 563,441 474,846 260,140
Aran 130,544 62,707 33,254 41,681 28,082
Bages 2,374,017 722,195 999,670 698,795 420,799
Baix Camp 2,550,403 815,748 819,708 763,414 449,535
Baix Ebre 807,770 336,568 343,344 255,350 136,912
Baix Empordà 1,537,835 699,485 508,668 483,750 321,417
Baix Llobregat 13,215,385 4,140,344 3,937,025 3,788,186 2,455,467
Baix Penedès 1,218,963 467,370 477,566 371,454 226,052
Barcelonès 35,388,626 13,517,962 12,605,619 10,368,130 8,158,603
Berguedà 432,909 185,872 264,394 135,932 79,778
Cerdanya 198,847 127,937 57,025 65,938 46,096
Conca de Barberà 250,194 91,534 94,177 76,564 41,078
Garraf 2,290,249 865,775 676,443 674,668 491,491
Garrigues 180,241 86,328 87,005 61,585 30,158
Garrotxa 777,429 246,808 282,094 230,973 138,919
Gironès 2,806,977 873,264 800,914 820,877 527,817
Maresme 6,492,817 2,563,199 2,051,608 1,942,642 1,343,442
Moianès 182,243 76,635 59,318 56,195 34,980
Montsià 640,065 285,744 277,237 208,776 99,589
Noguera 394,668 169,653 159,523 129,782 64,966
Osona 2,297,712 740,120 758,728 682,267 421,446
Pallars Jussà 127,835 61,865 67,273 42,403 23,651
Pallars Sobirà 72,881 44,903 26,684 25,368 13,470
Pla d'Urgell 447,367 149,388 143,002 138,265 72,222
Pla de l'Estany 457,728 155,295 129,097 135,280 81,352
Priorat 87,931 50,824 40,735 30,027 14,852
Ribera d'Ebre 232,851 94,251 112,920 73,132 43,851
Ripollès 302,830 124,709 153,537 93,192 58,651
Segarra 283,221 95,622 85,823 87,583 54,745
Segrià 2,759,726 848,325 908,334 831,517 468,623
Selva 2,011,429 735,813 684,028 618,095 340,330
Solsonès 146,122 67,125 60,184 48,012 24,580
Tarragonès 3,484,632 1,067,157 1,125,331 1,028,428 612,340
Terra Alta 89,398 61,780 55,759 33,855 13,949
Urgell 416,904 150,340 154,632 130,594 68,938
Vallès Occidental 14,574,211 4,646,586 4,369,391 4,221,572 2,765,045
Vallès Oriental 6,124,482 2,074,942 1,863,747 1,800,468 1,109,868
Catalunya 111,256,805 39,500,820 37,139,273 32,853,702 22,246,407
Metropolità 75,849,426 26,968,913 24,843,332 22,137,899 15,844,143
Comarques Gironines 9,445,838 3,515,518 3,042,989 2,868,172 1,777,953
Camp de Tarragona 6,939,089 2,211,778 2,286,719 2,069,966 1,209,523
Terres de l'Ebre 1,770,083 778,343 789,259 571,113 294,302
Ponent 4,482,127 1,499,656 1,538,319 1,379,325 759,651
Comarques Centrals 5,379,099 1,766,068 2,126,353 1,604,302 969,864
Alt Pirineu i Aran 759,430 418,019 284,677 249,519 153,364
Penedès 6,631,712 2,342,526 2,227,626 1,973,405 1,237,606
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: May 10, 2023.

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.