per capita income

Wealth divided equally

Per capita income is the average income per person in a given population, calculated by dividing total income by the number of people.

It's a standard measure for comparing economic well-being across countries or regions: Per capita income in Norway exceeds that of most nations.

The figure can be misleading where wealth is concentrated among few.

Opposites
measurement granularity

per capita incomegross domestic product

Total national economic output

GDP · national income · total output · household income · median household income

economic metric type

per capita incomedebt burden

Total owed obligations weighing down

poverty level · economic hardship · cost of living

economic prosperity

per capita incomepoverty rate

Measure of population lacking resources

economic hardship · indigence · destitution

Family

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