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

Germany’s annual per capita consumption of traditional beer has fallen about 40% since 1990 to 77 liters now — an alarming development for an industry whose origins reach back to the Middle Ages. — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Louisiana is second in NFL players produced per capita and led in 2021, the last year that Georgia did not. — AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

But after the delta and omicron waves of the virus in the summer and fall of 2021, the state climbed to eighth in deaths per capita. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Instead, new indicators were added, such as e-commerce turnover per capita in comparison with gross domestic product per capita. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Despite having a population smaller than Belgium’s and a primary language shared by no other country, Israel currently has almost four times as much unicorn valuation per capita as France, and more than three times as much as Germany. — Andrew McAfee, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026

By the end of the 1880s, the per capita debt load in Kansas was four times the national average, with the amount owed on mortgages outpacing the total value of real estate in the state by 27 percent. — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Vietnam's economy increased 8% in 2025, with GDP per capita reaching $5,066, according to World Bank data. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

But the state still carries more than $30 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, one of the largest burdens, per capita, in the nation, and isn’t expected to finish paying that off until well into the 2040s. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026