per capita

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Attendance increased 4% to 2.9 million visits and per capita spending grew 6% to $69.26.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The World Bank said in its 2024 development report that countries usually hit such a "trap" when they reach around 10 percent of annual US GDP per capita, which can prove tough to move past.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Americans remain among the world’s leaders in per capita meat consumption, and even our vegetarians tend to abandon their abstinence sooner or later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, and the most of any country other than China, for which no reliable data is available.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

We lock up six times as many citizens per capita as England, for example, and seventeen times as many as Japan.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover