Sentences with phrase «as per capita incomes»

While growth in China is trending lower, the share of global output produced in China will continue to rise, as per capita incomes converge towards those in the more advanced economies (Graph 6).

There are other fertility measures out there such as births per woman aged 15 to 44 years but per capita births is a nice intuitive measure that adjusts for population size and can be readily compared to other numbers — such as per capita income.

(A) The allotment percentage for any State shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that (A) the allotment percentage shall in no case be more than 75 per centum or less than 33 1/3 per centum, and (B) the allotment percentage for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be 75 per centum.

Not exact matches

Far from an economic powerhouse, China's economy remains a middleweight when its vast number of poor people is taken into account — the country's per capita GDP is only around US$ 4,500, 1 / 10th that of the U.S. And as a share of the economy, household incomes have actually declined over the past decade.

High poverty levels aren't a sufficient reason either, seeing as other countries with low levels of per - capita income, such as Kenya and Jamaica, consistently fare better, he added.

«We literally rank the world by [gross national income] per capita» when it comes to certain drugs such as vaccines, said Witty.

Per capita income in the south has now almost caught up with that in the Midwest, and its skilled workforce continues to grow as college graduates move in.

IBISWorld analysts also discuss how external factors such as Global per capita income and GDP of the BRIC nations in the Global Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing industry impact industry performance..

As Robert Blecker, an economist at American University, notes, «Contrary to the promises of the leaders who promoted it, NAFTA did not make Mexico converge to the United States in per capita income, nor did it solve Mexico's employment problems or stem the flow of migration.»

As for income, Oregon's per capita personal income in 2016 was $ 45,049, 29th - highest in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Its per capita income is higher as well.

It is calculated as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita — it is not a measure of personal income.

Many economists have pointed out the shortcomings of income per capita as a measure of well - being.

For example, income per capita actually rises as crime rises if the country spends more money to fight that rising crime — on a larger police force or improved intelligence technologies.

The indicator is a per capita measure, because a country's total income may rise as its population increases, even though there may have been no improvement in the income level of the average citizen.

As of 2016, the city of Hawthorne's per - capita income was $ 21,182, with 19.2 percent of residents living in poverty — an existence whose precarity would only heighten amid an influx of young tech professionals.

The demand for services in the Building Exterior Cleaners industry cum window cleaning line of business is on the increase in recent time, as growth in household formation rates expanded the available clientele base for industry players and rising per capita disposable income enabled consumers to purchase cleaning services they put off during the recession.

As a result, there has been very little growth in real income per capita since 2008.

As well, its five - year average growth rates for real GDP per capita and after - tax income are fairly solid by North American standards.

Slovakia's problems are not particularly economic — the Bratislava self - governing region is the sixth - wealthiest EU region, with purchasing power parity per capita income more than 180 % of its regional average — and as a member of the eurozone, the country has attracted substantial foreign direct investment, notably into its auto industry.

The success of the East Asian economies» first Japan and more recently the other East Asian market economies» shows that there is a crucial governmental role in providing services such as widespread education and health care, which it is quite possible for governments to do successfully at a fairly low level of per capita income.

In India, for example, the average life expectancy is 301/2 years, compared to 681/2 years in the United States; the average annual income is less than $ 40, compared to $ 1,469 in the U.S. Energy utilized annually per capita, which is a rough index of living standard, is in some countries equivalent to.02 tons of coal, compared to 8 tons, or 400 times as much, in the U.S.. Two thirds of the world usually goes to bed hungry at night.

The categorisation of a country as developing or developed is subject to objective criteria, such as infant mortality rate, adult literacy rate, Gross National Income per capita, percentage of infants with low birth weight, percentage of population using improved water sources and percentage of population urbanised.

As one Cambridge University study observed, women see their per capita income drop by an average of 31 % immediately following divorce (even if much of that income has been earned by her ex).

Also, Catalonia has a significantly higher per capita income than Spain; it may be regarded as subsidising the rest of Spain, and might be financially better off if it became independent.

The association also says the bill's new formula for the federal government's share of Medicaid — known as the «per capita cap» — would end Medicaid as an open - ended entitlement and impose limits on payments to hospitals for low - income patients.

Consumers in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a per - capita income of $ 400, pay as much as 34 cents per kilowatt - hour.

World incomes have been rising at around 5 percent annually in recent years, and 4 percent in per capita terms, leading to an increased global demand for food and for meat as a share of the diet.

Even though our per capita income is just 16 percent greater, the average American consumes three times as much energy as the average Dane, much of which is a reflection of lifestyles in the United States.

For instance, average inpatient days for blood cancers varied from 8 in France to 48 in Greece; and the average healthcare costs in Finland were nearly twice as high as in Belgium ($ 18014 vs $ 9596), despite both countries having similar national income per capita.

An animal slows as it balloons in size; in contrast, the researchers note, cities speed up as population and everything from crime to per capita income grow.

«These resources could include increased income, either via employment or per capita payments, and health - promoting community resources, such as housing, recreation and community centers, and health clinics.»

June 20, 2016 • As Britain prepares to vote on whether to leave the European Union, we take a look at the country with the highest per capita income of any EU nation.

Then naturally demand for high schools would go up as per - capita income rose, but that would not prove that high schools make you more productive.

Mankiw shows that his measures of saving in physical capital and human capital can explain as much as 78 percent of the per - capita income differences among nations.

[11] The Education Finance Incentive Grants also take into account the amount of state revenue dedicated to education relative to per capita income, as well as per - pupil spending and the percentage of students in poverty.

The lowest of the four points in the figure represents the real per - capita income and the high - school enrollment rate in the United States in 1900, just before the expansion of secondary - school education as a result of the U.S. «high - school movement.»

The results come as the UN World Tourism Organisation predicts that the number of Indian outbound tourists will rise to 50 million each year by 2020 due to a surge in per capita income.

When weather - related damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in the frequency or severity of extreme weather related to global climate change.

To ask India to take on the same obligations as developed countries with more than 30 times higher per capita income and over ten times higher per capita emissions is simply unfair.

They have also worked on population projections as a function of per capita income, and on impacts of biofuels on agriculture and hunger.

EIA expects household per capita disposable income to grow by an average of 3.2 % per year as more people have access to electricity and the ownership of electricity - using appliances and equipment (particularly air conditioners) grows.

Electrification rates rise very steeply as countries move through the income bracket of $ 500 - $ 1,000 per capita GDP.

Not necessarily because the real GDP per capita of Los Angeles is twice that of Berlin ($ US 21,432)- rather because the urbanization patterns in cities from high - income nations as Stockholm, Tokyo, and Berlin (with lower levels of GHG emissions) suggest that there is not necessarily an inevitable relationship between rising incomes, increasing use of private cars and increasing GHG emissions.

Beyond 2030, regional carbon prices increase, including for countries that previously had no climate policies, and progressively converge at a speed that depends on their per capita income; on average, the world GHG intensity over 2030 - 2050 decreases at the same rate as for 2020 - 2030.

Yet some combinations of values that lead to high emissions, such as high per - capita income growth and high population growth, appear less likely than other combinations.

As noted previously on this blog, when hurricane damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in hurricane frequency or power related to global climate changAs noted previously on this blog, when hurricane damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in hurricane frequency or power related to global climate changas might indicate an increase in hurricane frequency or power related to global climate change.

In all regions of the world, except Asian OECD countries and Oceania, per capita consumption is decreasing as a result of rising incomes, urbanization, declining availability of wood sources and increasing availability of alternative sources of energy preferred to woodfuel.

The national total annual impact of climate change expressed in welfare - equivalent income change for a 2.5 ˚C global warming (relative to pre-industrial times) as a function of per capita income (top panel) and temperature (bottom panel).

Notice how the countries and regions are improving on just about every key HDI as income per capita increases and energy consumption per capita increases.