engelska-danska översättning av percentage point

procentpointTre procentpoint flere kvinder end mænd er arbejdsløse. Three percentage points more women than men are unemployed. Endnu i 1992 udgjorde forskellen 6 procentpoint. As recently as 1992 there were differences of six percentage points. Nogle gange bliver så meget som flere dusin procentpoint ikke brugt. As much as several dozen percentage points are not taken up at times.

One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference of two percentages

The difference between 20 percent and 30 percent is 10 percentage points, not 10 percent. In fact, an increase from 20 to 30 percent is an increase of 50 percent. Only if, for example, 20 percent of buyers choose a certain companys products in one year and 22 percent do so the next year, can one speak of an increase of 10 percent

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