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per capita

noun as in per person

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Approximately 3.3  billion people rely on aquatic foods for nutrition, which accounts for almost 20% of the average per capita consumption of animal protein.

From Salon

In fact, America’s rich are responsible for an enormous proportion of the global emissions causing climate change, even as per capita emissions are rising in many other countries.

From Salon

But beyond the EU, Montenegro has let in in more than 200,000 Ukrainians, making it the highest per capita Ukrainian refugee population in the world.

From BBC

For years, it has sat in the top 10 countries with the highest per capita road fatalities.

From BBC

Officially, at least, only a handful of people were being murdered per capita, fewer than in Los Angeles or Washington, on a daily basis.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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