Disposable Income refers to an individual or household’s net income once taxes and other employer deductions are taken into account. In other words, it is the amount of money an individual has for spending on essential and non-essential goods & services.
The chief data sources used for Spotzi’s purchasing power datasets are each available country’s official tax statistics, demographic data, and workforce & unemployment data. We use formulas that have been refined over the course of many years to calculate purchasing power figures on a yearly basis.