Gross Disposable Income (GDI)

Gross Disposable Income (GDI) is gross national income plus net current transfers from abroad, such as remittances and international aid, minus current transfers paid to nonresidents. This Latin Macro Watch indicator, published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on data.iadb.org, lets researchers, policymakers and journalists track disposable income across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

Gross Disposable Income is available for 23 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean at annual and quarterly frequency, covering 1994–2026. Values can be expressed in millions of USD, millions of domestic currency, as a percentage of GDP, PPP adjusted, at constant prices (national accounts deflator) and seasonally adjusted, with quarter-on-quarter (QoQ %) and year-on-year (YoY %) transformations also provided.

Sources

The series is built from IDB internal calculations based on national statistical agency data, including DANE (Colombia), INEGI - Mexico, INDEC - Argentina and Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Brazil). Quarterly values are reported as four-quarter trailing sums (annualized levels), while annual values correspond to the calendar-year aggregate.

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Format	CSV
Language	en
Country	Argentina Bahamas Trinidad & Tobago Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Panama Uruguay Venezuela Barbados Paraguay Peru Suriname
Data notes	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.