per capita
adverb
- per person
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).
- Per person.
“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).”
“So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study showed that many other countries have higher per capita testing rates.”
- Shared equally among all individuals.
adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”).
- Per person.
“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).”
- Equally among all individuals.