per capita

Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/

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per capita (not comparable)

1. Per person.
   • 1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms‎^[1], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:

     Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).

   • 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study showed that many other countries have higher per capita testing rates.

2. Shared equally among all individuals.

per capita (not comparable)

1. Per person.
   • 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

2. Equally among all individuals.