Sentences with phrase «lowest per capita»

Then there are the 10 states with the lowest per capita GDP:

It has some of the wealthiest communities in the nation, while others are quite the opposite; Hartford, for example is one of the 10 communities with the lowest per capita incomes in the U.S. Heavy industry is a key driver of the Connecticut economy, with production of transportation equipment, especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines; heavy industrial machinery and electrical equipment; military weaponry; fabricated metal products; chemical and pharmaceutical products; and scientific instruments.

Overall, they have the lowest per capita income per person of any state in America.

However, the report noted that the average injury claim in Ontario was about five times more than the average claim in other provinces, resulting in much higher premiums here, despite having one of the lowest per capita rates of automobile - accident deaths and injuries in the country.

The two regions that they projected to have the lowest per capita growth in both scenarios — China / Centrally Planned Asia and SE Asia / Africa, which together account for over 60 per cent of the world's population — were the two regions that showed the highest per capita growth in both scenarios between 1975 and 2000.

NYC has some of the lowest per capita energy consumption in the US due to it's density which makes it far more efficient.

States with the lowest per capita transportation and residential emissions (New York, District of Columbia, Oregon, California, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont, and New Hampshire) are by no means the poorest in the nation; indeed, these states are all above the national average in per capita income.

Indians consistently have one of the lowest per capita Ecological Footprints in the world, among the lowest 15 % of all countries for 2011.

The town has the lowest per capita income on the list, but the bosses seem nice.

In 2005, West Virginia, saddled with the nation's highest rate of adult illiteracy and lowest per capita income, recognized that its schools urgently needed an overhaul if its students weren't going to fall off the charts in the fast - moving age of digital technology.

Actually, 244 of the 250 counties in the nation with the lowest per capita income are non-metropolitan.

There seems to be a rather strong negative correlation between the two: Countries with the lowest per capita rice consumption seem to have the highest incidence of cancer, and vice versa.

Mayor Richards says Rochester has the lowest per capita rate of any upstate city for the state's aid to municipalities fund, which results in the city paying more for its schools than Buffalo, even though there are fewer students.

«We offer high - quality products designed so that Bolivian consumers, who have one of the lowest per capita incomes in Latin America, may have the pleasure of consuming products comparable to those of any developed country,,» he says.

Haiti has the lowest per capita income of any country in the western hemisphere.

Idaho has some of the lowest per capita personal income (PCPI) in the nation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Countries with lower per capita incomes — and higher unemployment — have higher rates of women - led entrepreneurship.

A combination of a lower per capita income and higher booze prices (a case of 24 bottles of Molson Canadian is 24 % more expensive in Newfoundland than Ontario) combine to help create the higher percentages even if volumes were exactly the same.

«Ultimately, in a closed system, this implies somewhat lower per capita beef consumption, but greater environmental benefits from what is consumed.»

We are not going to lower per capita consumption of energy in the U.S..

«One of the factors driving the low per capita rating for California city trees could be the fact that 20 of the nation's 100 most densely populated cities are in California, meaning there's a higher volume of people in a confined space for trees,» said Natalie van Doorn, study co-author and research urban ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station.

In her 2013 book, Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch — an education historian and former federal education official who originally supported but later became a critic of reforms like No Child Left Behind — cites surprising evidence that a nation's higher position on an international ranking of test scores actually predicted lower per capita GDP decades later, compared with countries whose test scores ranked worse.

But in educational attainment, students in Texas are, on average, one to two years ahead of California students of the same age, even though Texas has a lower per capita income and spends less per pupil than California does (Exhibit 3).

Can living in a place with lower per capita ecological footprint decrease individual footprint?

Europeans typically appear on the lower end of charts analyzing the carbon footprint of developed nations, and have a higher recycling rate and lower per capita waste disposal, when compared to America.

For example, there is growing evidence that factors like low per capita incomes, economic contraction, and inconsistent state institutions are associated with the incidence of civil wars, and also seem to be sensitive to climate change.

The EU's burden - sharing proposal is complex and detailed, in large part because it is designed to explicitly introduce equity into the burden - sharing system through special provisions for Member States with lower per capita incomes.

It is still the case that 10 % of the rights to auction allowances will be redistributed from Member States with high per capita income to those with low per capita income in order to strengthen the financial capacity of the latter to invest in climate friendly technologies.

PPP estimates tend to lower per capita GDPs in industrialized countries and raise per capita GDPs in developing countries.

purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP estimates based on the purchasing power of currencies rather than on current exchange rates; such estimates are a blend of extrapolated and regression - based numbers, using the results of the International Comparison Program (ICP); PPP estimates tend to lower per capita GDPs in industrialized countries and raise per capita GDPs in developing countries

In our recent paper, we analyze the variation in energy - related per capita CO2 emissions among U.S. states, seeking to explain why some states have much lower per capita emissions than others.

That the USA could greatly reduce its carbon emissions is shown by a comparison with the UK, Germany, Italy and France, countries with similar standards of living and very similar climates, but much lower per capita levels of emission.

(2) Although developing countries are historically least responsible for the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change and continue to have very low per capita greenhouse gas emissions, their overall greenhouse gas emissions are increasing as they seek to grow their economies and reduce energy poverty for their populations.

China — which IEA preliminary data suggests overtook the United States in 2009 to become the world's largest energy user despite its low per capita energy use — contributes 36 % to the projected growth in global energy use.

This is most defensible in places that have low per capita emissions, low historical emissions, and where new fossil fuel use will address basic human needs instead of luxuries.

If equity is not taken into account in setting national ghg targets, poor countries will have their much lower per capita emissions levels frozen into place if national governments set targets based upon equal percentage reduction amounts.

Other countries in the area, such as the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand all have fairly low per capita consumption of electricity.

Annual growth in total oil consumption of ~ 3 % or more in the Asia - Pacific region has contributed the most to this increase, although consumption there is still at lower per capita rates than in the United States and the European Union.

With a young and growing population, low per capita electricity consumption, rapid urbanization and — until recently — strong economic growth, Turkey for nearly two decades has been one of the fastest growing power markets in the world.

It's relatively low per capita emissions (for an industrialized country) were given mixed ratings on the grounds that this has been achieved through reliance on nuclear power, which WWF does not consider to be a truly sustainable solutions.

Although low and middle income developing countries currently have low per capita water consumption, rapid growth in population and inefficient use of water across sectors is expected to lead to a water shortage in the future.

In many cases, you'll find that the only reason for the low per capita figure is that the few obscenely rich and powerful in these poor countries are responsible for the lion's share of emissions, whilst the millions of obscenely poor people have virtually no hope of improving their lot, due to high fuel costs.

The skeptics don't even want to say that lower per capita emissions would be a good idea.

The global poor contribute the least to AGW due to their low per capita energy use, and due to their thinner margins for agriculture, water, and the income with which to adapt, they will be the most impacted by climate change.

It being unfair to penalise countries with lower per capita emissions (especially those who aren't as rich as us) and we omit China and India and a host of others.

It has also not been done because it is politically unpopular with members of Congress from states that have a lower per capita income whose support would be necessary to pass such a tax.

The size of a practice group also affects library spending; since materials are shared, the larger the practice group, the lower the per capita spending for that group.

Just look at the countries with very low per capita rates of lawyers.

... today, 80 countries have lower per capita incomes than they did at the time of the Rio conference.

Not exact matches

«To have a high per - capita income and low income inequality is worth noting, because it means that a broad section of the population has the ability to put money towards their retirement,» he explains.