Per capita is a term used in economic and statistical analysis and means per person.
Per capita is used when comparing a certain economic indicator with the population.
The most common per capita indicators are gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and income per capita.
Information per capita provides more detailed data than just aggregate information. It is often used to compare apples to apples between countries with different populations.
Per capita information is often contrasted with median information, which gives a clearer picture because it takes into account outliers.