GDP per capita

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GDP = Gross Domestic Product = the sum of all the output of a country's economy.

per capita = per "head" or per person in that country - see Simple population model.

Different countries have different GDP per capita [1].

The UK's currently stands at about $44,000 per person per year. This is the average for everybody, from the minute they're born to moment they die, so a family of 4 on average has an income equivalent to $176,000 a year.

Of course in reality, very, very few get anywhere near this. This is largely because incomes are not distributed evenly; a few get much, much more than most. The GINI coefficient measures how unequal incomes are.

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