Bad statistics at the BBC

[del_c]

I read this BBC news article saying "The average UK person will this year have a greater income than their US counterpart for the first time since the 19th Century, figures suggest." Now this may be true, but I would point out that "GDP divided by population" is not the same as "The income of the average person". The first is the mean, the second

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Two penn'orth from a statistician

[cheekbones3]

Although I'd say GDP per head is a valid measure on a national scale, it's just not useful to apply it at the individual level.