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Statistics Explained

Glossary:Percentage change

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When you have data for two or more points in time, you can calculate how much change there was between the first and second point in time.

This rate of change, the percentage change, is calculated as follows: (Number at later time ÷ Number at earlier time) - 1] × 100

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