English-Finnish translations for percentage point

• prosenttiyksikkö
  On nimittäin käynyt ilmi, että jo yksi prosenttiyksikkö lisää vuodessa on hyvin vaikeasti saavutettavissa. Indeed, it has become apparent that one extra percentage point per year will be quite difficult enough to achieve.
  Veroprosentti nousi kaksi prosenttiyksikköä 20:stä 22:een. Toisin sanoen vero kasvoi 10 prosenttia.

Definition of percentage point

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

Examples

• 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

Related words

• percentage rate