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 Party adopted the goal of reaching annual incomes of eight hundred to a thousand dollars per capita. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Thanks to China’s policy of allowing in travelers visa free from a growing number of countries, including in Europe, visitors from economies with far higher per capita income than China’s are coming. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

That is more than twice the rate of fatal overdoses per capita in New York City the same year. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

The report compared cost to access and outcomes, including factors like monthly insurance premiums, emergency room wait times, nurses per capita, telehealth services, life expectancy, maternal mortality, child vaccination rates and more. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Minnesota claims to have the highest number of golfers per capita in the United States, and with the tournament site located just 25 minutes from downtown Minneapolis, attendance continues to outpace the event's television popularity. — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Household wealth per capita is growing in most countries, but largely not keeping pace with GDP, which the institute attributed to slowing real-estate values, as real estate is the largest component of household wealth in most economies. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Africa’s economy is barely expanding on a per capita basis, and household living standards are stagnant across the continent. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

This study found that western-edge residents had higher rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and breast cancer, as well as lower per capita income and higher health care costs. — Beth Ann Malow, The Conversation, 21 July 2026