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per cap·i·ta

(pər kăp′ĭ-tə)

adv. & adj.

1. Per unit of population; per person: In that year, Americans earned $15,304 per capita. Among the states, Connecticut has a high per capita income.

2. Equally to each individual.

[Medieval Latin, by heads : Latin per, per + Latin capita, accusative pl. of caput, head.]

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per capita

(pə ˈkæpɪtə)

adj, adv

(Statistics) of or for each person

[Latin, literally: according to heads]

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per cap•i•ta

(pər ˈkæp ɪ tə)
adj., adv.

by or for each individual person: income per capita.

[1675–85; < Latin: literally, by heads]

per capita

A Latin phrase meaning according to heads, used to mean for or of each person.

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Adj.	1.	per capita - per person; "among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income" proportionate - being in due proportion; "proportionate representation of a minority group"
Adv.	1.	per capita - per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district" for each person, of each person

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pro capite

per capita

[pəˈkæpɪtə]

A. ADV → per cápita

B. CPD per capita consumption N → consumo m per cápita
the per capita consumption of alcohol → el consumo de alcohol per cápita
per capita income N → ingresos mpl per cápita

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per capita

[pə^rˈkæpɪtə]

adj [wage, expenditure, consumption] → per capita, par tête

adv → per capita, par tête

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per capita

adj → Pro-Kopf-; per capita income → Pro-Kopf-Einkommen nt

adv → pro Kopf; what is the average wage per capita? → wie hoch ist der Durchschnittslohn pro Kopf?

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per capita

[pəˈkæpɪtə] adj & adv → pro capite (inv)

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The French are said to eat more bread per capita of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.

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The country's urban-rural income gap narrowed remarkably, with the ratio of per capita disposable income for urban residents to that of rural residents hitting 2.69 in 2018, 0.64 lower than 1956.

China sees rapid income growth in rural areas

9 litres to 9.2 litres per capita last year, TK wrote.

Last year's alcohol consumption has been the highest in four years

"If India has to reach the Human Development Index (HDI) level of 0.8, it has to increase its per capita energy consumption by 4 times," the survey said, noting that this will require huge resources.

India needs to increase per capita energy consumption: Economic Survey

Ten Member States recorded AIC per capita above the EU average in 2018.

Wide Variation of Consumption Per Capita Across EU Member States

Other regions that had accelerated growths in per capita household spending in 2018 were Central Visayas, 4.

Central Luzon households spend fastest in 2018

Per capita spending in the first two months of the year dropped to e1/4490.9 from e1/4513.9 the previous year, a 4.5 per cent decrease.

Tourism revenue up despite drop in spending

The National Capital Region (NCR) has the highest per capita GRDP at P253,893 nearly three times the national average.

Central Visayas has 4th biggest regional GDP

It continued that the self-sufficiency rate of wheat stood at 34.5% in 2017 with an average wheat consumption per capita of 163.9 kg versus 137.8 kg in 2016, an increase of 18.9%.

Egypt's self-sufficiency rate of rice reaches 94.2% in 2017: CAPMAS

In dollar terms, Tajikistan's GDP per capita over the past year, taking into account the change in the national currency rate against the US dollar, was $802.

Tajikistan's GDP per capita increases

While Bihar once again had the lowest per capita Net State Domestic Product at Rs 38,860 in FY 2017-18 among the among major Indian states at current prices.