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Calculate the percentage difference between two values to determine increases or decreases.
Practical Uses
- Inflation Rate:
A concert ticket rising from $100 [Original] to $103 [New] represents what inflation rate [Change%]?
3% - Performance Improvement:
Monthly sales leads improving from 70 [Original] to 84 [New] represents what percentage improvement [Change%]?
20% - Revenue Growth:
Small business revenue growing from $1,000,000 [Original] to $1,200,000 [New] represents what percentage growth [Change%]?
20% - Salary Change:
A Big Box store manager's salary increase from $50,000 [Original] to $54,000 [New] represents what percentage raise [Change%]?
8% - Stock Price Change:
Streaming service stock going from $50 [Original] to $75 [New] represents what percentage change [Change%]?
50% increase - Website Traffic Change:
A drop in online craft shop visits from 10,000 [Original] to 8,500 [New] represents what percentage change [Change%]?
15% decrease - Weight Loss:
Weight dropping from 180 [Original] lbs to 162 [New] lbs on a Keto diet represents what percentage change [Change%]?
10% decrease
How to Use
- Enter the original value in the first box.
- Enter the new value in the second box.
- The percentage change appears instantly.
- A negative result means the value decreased.
- Save it to your list with Enter or the "Save calculation" button.
How It Works
The Percentage Change calculator uses this formula:
Example: What is the percentage change from 50 to 75?
The value increased by 50%.
What Is Percentage Change?
Definition
Percentage change measures how much something moved relative to where it started. A $5 jump could be tiny on a $500 bill (1%) or huge on a $10 item (50%). Expressing the swing as a percent gives you instant context and lets you compare gains or losses across prices, budgets, grades, or investments of different sizes. Businesses use it for month-over-month revenue, runners for pace improvements, and families for tracking rising grocery costs. Because it normalizes the starting point, percentage change highlights real momentum or decline instead of raw dollar noise. It also makes conversations clearer: saying “our costs rose 12%” is more informative than “our costs rose $4,800,” which depends on the audience knowing the baseline. Looking at percent change also reveals asymmetry: a 50% drop needs a 100% rise to get back to even, which is easy to miss if you only watch dollar swings.
Common Applications
- Investment Tracking: Monitoring how much your stock portfolio or retirement fund has grown (or shrunk) compared to last year.
- Inflation Analysis: Measuring how much prices have risen compared to wages over the same period.
- Business Growth: Comparing revenue from Q1 to Q2 to see if the company is expanding at a healthy rate.
- Fitness Progress: Tracking percentage weight loss or muscle gain to measure the effectiveness of a new workout routine.
- College tuition: Comparing year-over-year tuition hikes to scholarship growth.
- Utilities: Seeing how much the electric bill jumped from winter to summer in percent terms.
Mathematical Context
(New − Old) ÷ Old × 100 A positive result signals an increase; a negative result signals a decrease. Always compare against the old value—using the new value would under- or overstate the change. For two-step changes (up then down), calculate each step separately because percentages are not symmetric: +20% then −20% does not return you to zero; it lands at −4%. To isolate the new value from a known percent change, rearrange to New = Old × (1 + Percent/100). To recover the old value from a known change and percent, divide by that same factor. For time series, anchor on the earliest value for cumulative change, or use the calculator for each interval to avoid compounding confusion.
Need more percentage tools?
- Basic Percentage Calculator
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Find what % one number is of another. - Original Value Calculator
Reverse a percentage to the original amount. - Increased Value Calculator
Calculate value after percentage increase. - Decreased Value Calculator
Calculate value after percentage decrease. - Original Before Increase Calculator
Find original amount before percentage increase. - Original Before Decrease Calculator
Find original amount before percentage decrease. - Specialized Calculators (63+)
Practical everyday calculations for real-life scenarios.
Requirements and Important Information
- No installation required – works directly in your browser.
- Compatible with all modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
- Calculations are performed locally – no data is sent to any server.
- Your saved calculations are stored only on your device.
Each calculator stores up to 20 saved calculations, automatically removing the oldest entries when this limit is reached. - Works offline after the initial page load.
- Supports both desktop and mobile devices.
- No account or login required.
Helpful Calculator Features
- Instant results that appear as you type—no delays.
- Round toggle to keep results neat (2 decimal places).
- Copy results to clipboard with a single click.
- Saved calculations that persist between sessions.
- Clear visual formulas to understand the math.
- Mobile-friendly interface that works on all devices.
- Dark mode support for comfortable viewing.
- Keyboard shortcuts for faster calculations.