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

Its per capita income, when adjusted for purchasing power, is about half of Japan’s and one third of the United States’. — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

The quality of life category included metrics such as weather, air quality, average hours worked per week, public transportation access and restaurants and bars per capita. — Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2026

The analysis includes factors such as hospital conventional-delivery charges, annual average infant-care costs, and the number of pediatricians per capita. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there are more surveillance cameras in Atlanta, per capita, than anywhere outside of China—more than sixty thousand of them. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

El Salvador per capital GDP in USD, as a percentage of US per capita GDP. — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Campbell had the highest per capita crime rate with 4,980 per 100,000 people. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Although the state ranks nineteenth for losses per capita at $3,719,931, the total loss could have supported 20,774 students through a four-year college education. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 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