Synonyms of per capita

per capita

adverb

(ˌ)pər-ˈka-pə-tə 

as in a shot

for each one

we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population

Synonyms & Similar Words

• a shot
• each
• per
• a pop
• a throw
• apiece
• all
• separately
• apart
• respectively
• individually
• independently
• singly
• discretely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• together
• collectively
• altogether
• aggregately

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of per capita

The City of Trees scored highest in the health and safety category, which looked at everything from air quality, traffic fatalities and violent crime rates to public hospital rankings, infant mortality rates and pediatricians per capita. —Sarah Linn may 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 May 2026

Gross Domestic Product China’s GDP per capita (2024 World Bank figures, in current dollars) was $13,303 – more than Brazil, but less than Mexico. —George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

Molina added that Puerto Rico has lost more people per capita in military conflicts than any state in the nation since the Revolutionary War. —Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026

Despite the clear gap in democratic, civil and voting rights, Puerto Rico has long held one of the highest per capita rates of military service in the country. —Nathaniel Morell Gonzalez, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026