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per capita income - the total national income divided by the number of people in the nation

income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

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Upper middle-income economies should have a per-capita income of $3,896 to $12,000.

'PHL may not become upper middle-income economy in 2019'

Bangladesh Bank (BB), country's central bank, revised the limits after 13 years considering per-capita income.

CONSUMER FINANCING IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA

A list of countries in these regions that saw at least a reasonable amount of economic growth from 1990 to 2010 contains some whose per-capita income grew faster than that of the United States over the period--the Asian "tigers" of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan--as well as some whose income grew in absolute terms, but not faster than U.S.

Poor is poor and middle is middle, and never the twain shall go any higher

It appears that when Americans believe their per-capita income is growing, there are relatively few negative feelings toward recent immigrants.

America's love-hate relationship with immigrants: one college president questions the renewed animosity toward this group

Sachs, an adviser to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, is back with the goal of ridding the world of extreme poverty, defined as per-capita income of less than US$1 per day, within 25 years.

The poor are still with us

China's per-capita income on a purchasing power parity basis is already twice India's, and the math of compound growth rates is inescapable.

Will India steal China's thunder?

For 52 wealthier countries (in which per-capita income is more than US$10,500), the researchers assumed that fewer than 5% of the population depended on household solid fuels.

Keeping the home fires burning cleaner: solid fuel use, health, and the millennium development goals

Indeed, one major UN climate extrapolation assumes that per-capita income in Algeria, Libya and North Korea will overtake the U.S.

Too hot for life?

Consider Figure 1, on which the horizontal axis is real per-capita income in 1990 and the vertical axis is the rate of high-school enrollment in 1990.

The human capital century: U.S. schools led the world during much of the 20th century. Will they continue to do so? (Research)

As a result, Cuba's 2001 GDP came to $27.3 billion, translating into per-capita income of $2,429--up from the $26.5 billion and $2,363 reported in 2000.

GDP jumps thanks to statistical glitch. (Business Briefs)

At the White Earth Reservation in north western Minnesota, where the average per-capita income is $4,917, barely 10 percent of the land is Native-owned, according to the reservation's website.

ONAWAY BUILDS NATIVE TRUST

Per-capita income in households headed by persons aged 65 or older averaged 2,126,000 yen, compared with 1,995,000 yen for families led by persons aged 40 to 49 and 1,825,000 yen for those led by people aged 30 to 39 years old.