per capitaper cap·i·ta /pə ˈkæpətəpər-/ adverbadvECONOMICS for or by each personJapanese visitors’ spending per capita was much higher than average spending by tourists from other countries.
The US uses twice as much oil per capita as European competitors.
—per-capita adjectiveadj [only before a noun]Israel’s per-capita income is comparable to that of Spain.