English-Swedish translations for percentage point

• procentenhet en
  Tre procentenheter fler kvinnor än män är arbetslösa.Three percentage points more women than men are unemployed.
  Så sent som 1992 förekom det skillnader på sex procentenheter.As recently as 1992 there were differences of six percentage points.
  Ibland är det så mycket som dussintals procentenheter som inte utnyttjas.As much as several dozen percentage points are not taken up at times.

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