The most significant retrenchment programs on a per capita basis have been those of Greece.
Going back decades, such spending had never fallen more than 3 percent per capita in a recession.
Under his long stewardship, Luxembourg became Europe's wealthiest country, one of the richest in the world in per capita terms, as well as a bastion of banking secrecy and a tax haven for multinationals keen to exploit the EU's single market while minimising their contributions to the European exchequer.
But the OBR adds that the "GDP per capita" rate – how much it costs or benefits the individual – is also positive due to the higher employment rate.
Thanks largely to oil and gas (Qatar's natural gas reserves of some 34 trillion cubic metres are the third largest in the world, and it still has 25bn barrels of oil), the tiny Gulf state of 2.2m people has become arguably the richest country in the world, topping the world rankings of GDP per capita.
Yet in per capita terms, Australia is one of the worst offenders.
Its graphic representation consists of a series of three circles, the innermost of which should be occupied by developed countries with absolute, economy-wide targets; the middle one, by emerging economies, with intensity, per capita or relative reduction targets; and the outer circle, by other developing countries, with non-economy-wide targets.
Arve Hansen, research fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment in Oslo, states that private car ownership in Vietnam is not only important for practical reasons but for cultural reasons as well; in a country with a per capita GDP of $1,900 and an average monthly salary of $185, it is a sign of immense wealth.
Per capita economic output is only around $7,300, even adjusted for the lower cost of living, compared with $22,200 in Poland and around $51,700 in the US.
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"With one of the world's highest levels of per capita emissions, Australia has gone from leadership to free-rider status in climate diplomacy," the report said.
