for or by each person:
• Japanese visitors' spending per capita was much higher than average spending by tourists from other countries.
• The US uses twice as much oil per capita as European competitors.
— per-capita adjective [only before a noun] :
• Israel's per-capita income is comparable to that of Spain.
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per capita UK US (also per-capita) adjective [before noun] FORMAL ECONOMICS, FINANCE
► used to refer to the amount of income earned, money spent, goods produced, etc. by or for each person: »
The sharp fall in per capita income was one of the signs of the financial crisis.
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per capita UK US adverb FORMAL ECONOMICS, FINANCE
► if you state an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person: »
While the country's GDP rose 46% per capita from 1980, the average family income rose only 9.5%.
Financial and business terms. 2012.