English-Spanish translations for percentage point

• punto porcentual
  Desde 1992 sólo se ha reducido en un punto porcentual. Since 1992 it has closed by only 1 percentage point.
  Ello reduciría el desempleo en casi un punto porcentual en 2007. This would then reduce unemployment by almost one percentage point in 2007.
  En mi opinión, el Banco Central Europeo debería reducir mañana los tipos de interés en un punto porcentual. In my opinion, the European Central Bank should cut the interest rate tomorrow by one percentage point.

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