English-German translations for percentage point

• Prozentpunkt der
  Seit 1992 beträgt die Verringerung lediglich 1 Prozentpunkt. Since 1992 it has closed by only 1 percentage point.
  Die Zahl der arbeitslosen Frauen liegt um drei Prozentpunkte höher als die der Männer. Three percentage points more women than men are unemployed.
  Mehrere Dutzend Prozentpunkte werden nicht rechtzeitig in Anspruch genommen. As much as several dozen percentage points are not taken up at times.
• Prozentsatz der
  Die Berichterstatterin schlägt vor, die Energieintensität beim Endverbrauch um weitere 1,5 Prozentpunkte pro Jahr zusätzlich zu dem Prozentsatz zu verbessern, der ohnedies erreicht würde. The rapporteur proposes improving the energy intensity of final consumption by one and a half extra percentage points per year over and above the percentage that would otherwise be attained.

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