Per-capita GDP considers both a country’s GDP and its population. Therefore, it can be important to understand how each factor contributes to the overall result and affects per-capita GDP growth.

GDP per capita, on the other hand, is what you get when you divide a country’s GDP by its total population. It is like dividing a household’s total income by the number of people in the household.

The per capita GDP of the Yangtze River Delta region edged up to $19,500 in 2024, about to surpass the $20,000 threshold for developed economies, according to official data.

Nigeria is the 12th poorest country by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025 in the world based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a report published by ...

QUÉBEC - Quebec's inflation-adjusted GDP grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter.

Growth is expected to range between 2.9 per cent and 3.1 per cent during the period, with the public debt projected to drop to 43.3 per cent of GDP by 2028.

Since 1909, U.S. meat consumption has increased by more than 100 pounds per person. This blog discusses some of the policy and technological developments which drove this increase.

State-owned firms are also more prevalent. Empirical analysis suggests that increased competition can boost real per capita GDP growth rate by about 1 percentage point through improved export ...

OTTAWA – The Canadian economy edged lower in April as the manufacturing sector posted its largest drop since April 2021 in the face of U.S. tariffs. Statistics Canada said Friday that real gros ...

Where happy hour is a crime: A state-by-state map of drinking deal bans Several states banned drink specials during the 1980s. Some of those laws still remain in effect today.