English-Italian translations for percentage point

• punto percentuale
  Dal 1992 è diminuito di un solo punto percentuale. Since 1992 it has closed by only 1 percentage point.
  A titolo esemplificativo, una riduzione di un punto percentuale del prodotto interno lordo equivarrebbe a circa 70 miliardi di ecu.As an example, a reduction of one percentage point in gross domestic product would be equivalent to around ECU 70 billion.
  Secondo quello studio per ogni punto percentuale di aumento delle sovvenzioni alla coltura del frumento, il prezzo dei terreni agricoli aumenta dello 0,4 percento. According to this study, for each percentage point increase in subsidies for wheat crops, the price of land goes up by 0.4%.
• punto di percentuale

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