But energy consumption and thus carbon emissions rise with per capita income.

For example, China s per capita carbon emissions are more than four times higher than India s.

Per capita carbon emissions in US coal states tend to be much higher than the national average.

Another important emissions milestone was reached recently China s per capita carbon emissions exceeded those of Europe for the first time.

Country A, in 1990, had about 300 per capita GDP as compared with Country B, which had 460 in per capita GDP.

The per capita gross national product (GNP) is around 850.

In 1957, South Korea had a lower per capita GDP than Ghana, and by 2008 it was 17 times as high as Ghana's.

It's basically two ratios of per capita GDP, per capita gross domestic product, so average income.

In contrast, over the same period, the cumulative increase was 1.6 times for urban residents per capita disposable income and 1.2 times for rural peasants per capita income.

Source Own figures based on data from the Bank of Guatemala, UNDP HDI and ASIES.

These considerations suggest that no emission reduction targets should be imposed on developing countries until they approach per capita GDP levels comparable to those in advanced countries.

Total personal income is a key value in calculating per capita income.

a Low income GNI per capita of 735 and less.

Today, per capita annual emissions in the European Union are 12 tonnes, and 23.6 tonnes in the United States, compared to six tons for China and 1.7 tons for India.

GDP per capita, growth of GDP per capita and inward foreign direct investment, landlocked and transit developing countries and developing countries as a whole, 2000 2003

GDP per capita in 2001 was KM 2,559.00.

Chinarejects India s argument that per capita emission levels and historic contributions of greenhouse gases should form the objective criteria for carbon mitigation.

Yet its per capita CO2 emissions have fallen by less than half of the reduction achieved in the US even in percentage terms, the US is now doing better.

Per capita emissions are important because many in the developing world regard them as a fairer measure than gross aggregate emissions, so for China to join the rich club in this respect marks yet further divergence of its interests from many smaller developing countries.

Urban household spending in Africa is increasing twice as fast as rural spending, with urban per capita incomes, on average, 80 higher than those of countries as a whole.

In terms of GDP per capita, Qatar is the richest developing country in the world.

Per capita income was approximately US 7,700 in 2003.

Developing countries that consume 0.3 tonnes or less per capita of ODS are referred to as Article 5 countries.

At the same time, China really is still a poor country in terms of per capita income.

If both countries economies continue to grow at their current rates, China s could be larger than America s in 30 years, but US per capita income will still be four times greater.

Despite the eight fold increase in aid per head to the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 2007, real GDP per head decreased by two thirds in the same period.

Perhaps the most difficult aspect of turning the US into a good global citizen is cutting back on its grossly excessive greenhouse gas emissions roughly five times the global per capita average.

Doing so would raise per capita income by 1 annually through 2030.

Even today, per capita US emissions are more than four times higher than China s.

The per capita GDP is low compared to the national average and represents about 68.1 of the EU average.

Urban per capita income is more than triple the average in rural areas.

The minimally fair allocation to the developing countries requires equal emission rights per capita.

For example, the US consumes more than nine times as much oil as China on a per capita basis.

Lower middle income GNI per capita between 736 and 2,935.

Chief among these challenges is the threat posed by global warming, with China having surpassed the US as the leading producer of carbon dioxide emissions (though not in per capita terms).

And, given similar per capita income levels and cultural orientations, overlaps in production and consumption are considerable.

At this rate, real per capita GDP will double every 16 years.

In mainland United States during the same year, GDP per capita was estimated at 37,800.

A 1 increase in the number of immigrant college graduates leads to a 6 increase in patents per capita.

It is not clear why Keynes thought eight times the average British national income per head would be enough.

The GDP per capita was still half of that of the United States and a third of that of Britain.

According to the most up to date estimate by the late economic historian Angus Maddison, China s per capita GDP in 2008 was 6,725 in 1990 dollars, which was 21 of per capita GDP in the United States. That is roughly the same gap that existed between the US and Japan in 1951, Singapore in 1967, Taiwan in 1975, and South Korea in 1977 four economies that are also among the 13 successful economies studied by the Growth Commission.

This development is critically important for consumer companies. Urban household spending in Africa is increasing twice as fast as rural spending, with urban per capita incomes, on average, 80 higher than those of countries as a whole.

The equal per capita cumulative emission approach seeks equality over time.

Her reforms laid the foundations for a period during which Britain s per capita wealth grew faster than most of its competitors .