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  1. Percentage point. A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). [1]

  2. Percentage point refers to the arithmetical difference between two percentages. 10% is one percentage point more than 9%. If a country’s GDP (gross domestic product) grew by 2% in 2016 and by 1% in 2015, it means that GDP in 2016 was one percentage point higher than in 2015, but not one percent (1%) higher – it was 100% higher (2% is double ...

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  4. The term percentage point is used when comparing two different percentages. The abbreviation is pp. Example: A rate was 10% and it increased to 12%, then it increased by 2 percentage points. Percentage change. Categories:

  5. One percent is 0.01. There is a nice explanation of percentage point in Wikipedia. A percentage point (pp) is the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked.

  6. 1 day ago · Percentages. A percent is a number that represents the fractional part out of 100 ( per cent literally means per one hundred). Thus 94% means \frac {94} {100} 10094. Likewise we can represent a denominator of 100 with decimals by moving the decimal point by 2 places. So 94 \times \frac {1} {100} = 0.94 94× 1001 = 0.94.

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