Englisch-Französisch Übersetzung für percentage point

point de pourcentageÀ titre d'exemple, une réduction d'un point de pourcentage du produit intérieur brut équivaudrait à environ 70 milliards d'écus. As an example, a reduction of one percentage point in gross domestic product would be equivalent to around ECU 70 billion. La croissance économique, inférieure aux prévisions d’environ un point de pourcentage, a débouché sur une augmentation plus importante que prévue des déficits publics. Economic growth, lower than that forecast by approximately one percentage point, led to a greater increase in public deficits than expected.

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

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

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