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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 2020
Resources Uses
Payment wage earners Gross operating profit Social benefits Social payments Taxes
Alt Camp 549,547 158,967 237,283 170,612 90,319
Alt Empordà 1,451,220 590,288 603,165 481,126 297,021
Alt Penedès 1,514,625 432,157 585,561 461,966 260,083
Alt Urgell 183,086 80,550 96,098 61,099 33,868
Alta Ribagorça 41,550 19,002 18,379 14,397 7,793
Anoia 1,554,453 443,514 656,201 481,375 259,235
Aran 122,700 51,540 44,508 41,609 26,769
Bages 2,301,889 621,105 1,117,425 703,503 414,278
Baix Camp 2,441,995 710,356 964,766 756,279 445,029
Baix Ebre 797,438 289,981 388,141 256,548 139,233
Baix Empordà 1,455,218 618,889 614,834 479,768 316,470
Baix Llobregat 12,709,388 3,632,944 4,603,493 3,808,997 2,391,961
Baix Penedès 1,198,748 412,090 560,685 379,216 202,448
Barcelonès 33,564,787 11,761,953 14,345,976 10,291,564 7,970,199
Berguedà 427,299 157,064 286,900 138,351 77,014
Cerdanya 193,338 113,103 71,770 68,313 42,824
Conca de Barberà 242,764 79,384 108,299 77,287 40,728
Garraf 2,215,344 760,933 807,715 682,075 474,091
Garrigues 185,039 73,627 94,400 63,159 30,893
Garrotxa 770,887 213,297 315,298 234,984 136,038
Gironès 2,767,388 769,129 932,851 834,856 566,537
Maresme 6,293,385 2,240,791 2,415,302 1,958,559 1,315,144
Moianès 183,386 65,576 69,498 58,324 37,226
Montsià 634,112 243,781 316,588 209,524 103,189
Noguera 394,222 144,799 177,526 131,881 67,930
Osona 2,301,676 638,260 860,881 700,696 397,180
Pallars Jussà 130,583 51,491 73,777 43,831 24,100
Pallars Sobirà 69,803 36,660 32,475 25,553 13,285
Pla d'Urgell 452,950 128,722 160,676 141,551 76,224
Pla de l'Estany 458,547 139,459 150,763 139,421 82,977
Priorat 88,111 43,138 45,298 30,655 14,631
Ribera d'Ebre 244,428 79,027 121,593 76,564 45,603
Ripollès 297,873 106,819 169,885 95,007 57,834
Segarra 289,077 78,156 97,334 90,436 50,872
Segrià 2,740,200 724,708 1,032,661 840,307 492,989
Selva 1,861,123 647,321 843,502 607,315 330,621
Solsonès 144,582 56,091 68,624 48,980 24,721
Tarragonès 3,332,131 938,505 1,319,901 1,020,089 658,682
Terra Alta 89,316 51,820 60,660 33,874 13,578
Urgell 422,549 125,557 175,172 134,269 70,506
Vallès Occidental 14,287,299 4,078,778 5,055,547 4,282,462 2,718,617
Vallès Oriental 6,007,706 1,811,038 2,174,667 1,827,152 1,078,269
Catalunya 107,411,762 34,420,369 42,876,080 32,983,536 21,897,009
Metropolità 72,917,190 23,547,961 28,613,909 22,186,342 15,486,168
Comarques Gironines 9,062,256 3,085,202 3,630,298 2,872,478 1,787,499
Camp de Tarragona 6,654,548 1,930,350 2,675,547 2,054,923 1,249,390
Terres de l'Ebre 1,765,294 664,609 886,983 576,511 301,602
Ponent 4,484,037 1,275,568 1,737,770 1,401,604 789,414
Comarques Centrals 5,304,207 1,515,639 2,384,405 1,632,244 938,440
Alt Pirineu i Aran 741,060 352,347 337,006 254,803 148,639
Penedès 6,483,170 2,048,694 2,610,162 2,004,632 1,195,857
Units: Thousands of euros.
Source: Idescat. Gross Disposable Household Income statistical operation. Counties and municipalities.

Last update: April 26, 2024.

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.