In 2020, the municipalities of Oleiros, As Pontes de García Rodríguez and Santiago de Compostela in A Coruña had the highest wealth per capita in Galiciaaccording to the ‘Atlas of Household Income Distribution’ published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Specifically, Oleiros continues as the Galician council with the highest net income per inhabitant, with an average of 16,403.37 euros. they follow him The Bridges, with 15,482.06 euros per capita; and Santiagowith 14,648.64 euros each neighbor.
After these three, the ‘top 5’ of municipalities with the highest average wealth is completed with the city of A Coruña (14,590.68 euros per person), with the Lugo city council of Cervo (14,286.51) and with the city of A Coruña Bergondo (13,751.65).
On the opposite side, with 7,565.33 euros per neighborAvion (Ourense) is positioned as the one with the lowest average net income. Also at the low end of the table are Beariz (Ourense), with 9,062.06 euros per capita; To Lama (Pontevedra) with 9,152.43; Fisterra (A Coruña) with 9,224.49; and Boborás (Ourense), with 9,299.69 euros per neighbor.
Likewise, according to the INE figures corresponding to 2020, a year marked by the pandemic and the spring confinement, the vast majority of Galician municipalities -70.6%– are below the national average in in terms of per capita income, while the remaining 29.4% are above it, that is, among those with medium-high income or high income.
The income gap between large and small councils grows and is close to 7,000 euros
By cities
If the data for the seven Galician cities are compared, after Santiago and A Coruña, the third richest city is Vigo with 13,163.68 euros per year. The fourth is Ferrol (13,115.96) and the fifth, Pontevedra (13,047.27).
The two Galician cities with the lowest net income in 2020 were the capitals of the interior provinces: Ourense (13,036.53 euros) and Lugo (12,992.30).
Regarding the data by province, A Coruña has an average wealth of 12,841 euros of income per year per inhabitant, so that it is the only Galician that is situated in the upper half of all Spanish provinces. In the other half, although very close to the average, are those of Lugo (12,021), Ourense (11,937) and Pontevedra (11,881).
Spain set
Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) was in 2020 the Spanish municipality with more than 2,000 inhabitants with the highest average annual income per person, a total of 26,009 euros, while the Seville municipality of El Palmar de Troya presented the lowest figure, with 6,785 euros , according to the same INE data.
According to statistical data, butternut squash, in Barcelona, it is the second richest municipality, with an average annual income per inhabitant of 22,806 euros, followed by Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), with 22,224 euros, and two other Barcelona municipalities, Sant Just Desvern and Sant Cugat del Vallés, with average annual income of more than 21,300 euros per inhabitant.
On the other hand, the five municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants that presented the lowest average annual income per inhabitant in 2020 are all located in Andalusia: El Palmar de Troya, in Seville (6,785 euros); Iralloz and Albuñol, both in Granada, with 7,036 and 7,061 euros, respectively; Huesa, in Jaén, with 7,080 euros, and Pruna, in Seville, with 7,219 euros.
By geographical location, the 2020 data published today by the INE reveals that 88.8% of the municipalities of the Basque Country are among the 25% of those with the highest income in Spain, above 13,637 euros, followed by Catalonia , with 49.1%.
At the other extreme is Andalusia, where 83.3% of its municipalities are among the 25% with the lowest income, below 10,393 euros, followed by Extremadura, with 83%.
Guipúzcoa, the province with the highest income per inhabitant
According to the INE, the province capitals with the highest percentage of census sections with the highest average annual net income per inhabitant are led by San Sebastián (57.6%), Girona (41%) and Madrid (39.8%). . On the contrary, Guadalajara (3.4%), Huelva (2.8%) and Pontevedra (1.6%) present the lowest percentages of very wealthy census sections.
For their part, the provincial capitals with the highest percentage of sections with the lowest average annual net income per inhabitant, below the first income decile, are Melilla (31.8%), Ceuta (25%) and Alicante (22%). .9%).
Statistics highlights that eleven provincial capitals do not have any census section in the low end of average income per inhabitant.
Overall, 62.2% of the population in the Basque Country lives in high-income census sections, while in the case of Estremadura this percentage is only 7.6%.
On the contrary, 59.5% of the population in Andalusia lives in low-income census sections. In the Basque Country, this percentage stands at 1.1%.
By provinces, Guipúzcoa heads the list of annual income, with 16,399 euros of average annual net income per inhabitant. They are followed by Madrid, with 15,579 euros; Vizcaya (15,555 euros); Barcelona (14,676 euros) and alava (14.962 euros).
The provinces with the lowest annual income per capita are Almeria (9,709 euros of net income); Jaen (9,958); Badajoz (10,001 euros); Huelva (10,112 euros) and Cádiz (10,113).
