All else being equal, per capita incomes and productivity in countries with high proportions of elderly people tend to grow more slowly than in younger countries.

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

Only through such sustained growth can per capita income approach the levels prevailing in the developed world.

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

The country has visibly prospered, and, despite population growth, per capita income has grown faster, and to a greater level, than ever before.

How should one compare growth records among a group of similar, developed countries? The best measure is not overall GDP growth, but the growth of income per head of the working age population (not per capita).

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.

However, China s large size and low per capita income and capital stock imply continued rapid growth in its demand for commodities.

This is bad news for everyone, because it translates into lower economic growth amounting to as much as 27 of per capita GDP in some countries.

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

a Low income GNI per capita of 735 and less.

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.

The economies of the developing countries have been growing, on average, more rapidly than those of the developed countries and per capita incomes in developing countries have been rising, particularly in China and India.

But if this rate of growth were sustained over a period of just ten years, per capita income would double, which underscores the need for sustained high growth rates.

Despite Japan s relatively modest rate of economic growth, its GDP per capita is roughly 38,000, more than ten times that of either China or India.

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.

And, despite Turkey s fast growing population, per capita GDP has tripled since 2002, reaching 10,500 in 2010.

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.

Japanese real per capita GDP growth averaged 3.9 a year in the 1980 s, but only 1.4 since 1990.

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.

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

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

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.

Between 1990 and 2000, there were 19 major conflicts in Africa, where per capita growth rate declined by 2.2 per cent during conflicts and by almost as much for several years following the end of hostilities.

Again and again, local and international economists have issued dire warnings about what would happen if it persisted in its heterodoxy. And yet Argentina has managed to grow fast, doubling per capita income since 2002.

As seen earlier in Asia, the slowdown in rural population growth and the reduced burden of childcare creates a window of opportunity for new investment to bring larger year on year increases in output per capita.

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.

Ultimately, emerging economies absolute size and rate of growth both matter in charting commodity demand and the future trajectory of global commodity prices, with per capita income clearly linked to consumers wealth.