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Meaning of per capita | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
pɝ ˈkæpɪtə

Definitions

  1. Per person.
    not-comparable
  2. Shared equally among all individuals.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).”
“So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study showed that many other countries have higher per capita testing rates.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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