per capita
adjective, adverb /pə ˈkæpɪtə/
/pər ˈkæpɪtə/
(from Latin)- for each person
- Per capita income rose sharply last year.
- average earnings per capita
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPer capita is used with these nouns:- consumption
- expenditure
- income
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: Latin, literally ‘by heads’.