What does Gross Disposable Income (GDI) measure?
GDI is gross national income plus net current transfers from abroad, such as remittances and international aid, minus current transfers paid to nonresidents. It reflects the income residents have available for consumption and saving.
How many countries and time periods are covered?
The indicator covers 23 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual and quarterly frequency, spanning 1994 to 2026.
What units and transformations are available?
Values are available in millions of USD, millions of domestic currency, as a percentage of GDP, PPP adjusted, at constant prices and seasonally adjusted, with quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations.
Where does the data come from?
The series is compiled from IDB internal calculations based on national statistical agencies, including DANE (Colombia), INEGI - Mexico, INDEC - Argentina and Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Brazil).
How are quarterly and annual values constructed?
Quarterly values are reported as four-quarter trailing sums (annualized levels), computed as the rolling sum of the current and three preceding quarters. Annual values correspond to the calendar-year sum.
How do I cite this indicator?
Cite as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Gross Disposable Income (GDI)". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.
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