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Per Capita Income
Per capita income is a country’s total income, or GDP, divided by its population. It is a rough measure of average living standards and allows comparisons between countries of very different sizes.
Why It Matters
India is one of the largest economies in the world but still a lower-middle-income country per person.
In India
India’s GDP is larger than the UK’s, yet with over 20 times as many people, its per capita income is a small fraction of Britain’s.
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