Information on the amount of money that the individuals in the household sector have available for spending or saving after income distribution measures have taken effect for 2020.
This is not the latest release in the series: Regional gross disposable household income
Series information:
The most recent data in this report is for 2020. The latest data includes the early period of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Main points
- Gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head in Wales in 2020 was £17,592 or 82.1% of the UK figure, up 0.9 percentage points relative to the UK from 2019.
- GDHI per head in Wales in 2020 was the third lowest amongst the UK countries and English regions.
- Between 2019 and 2020, Wales saw the largest percentage increase in GDHI per head out of the UK countries and English regions, up 0.9%, compared to a 0.2% decrease for the UK. The second largest increase was in North West England (up 0.9%) (based on unrounded figures).
- Since 1999, Wales saw the third lowest percentage increase in GDHI per head out of the UK countries and English regions, up 77.8% compared to an 86.5% increase across the UK.
Data
Datasets and interactive tools
StatsWales website
Office for National Statistics website
Contact
Joshua Cruickshank
Email: economic.stats@gov.wales
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