Percent sign

The percent sign % (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign ‰ and the permyriad (per ten thousand) sign ‱ (also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand, respectively. Higher proportions use parts-per notation.

"%" redirects here. For the mod sign as used in modular arithmetic, see Modular arithmetic.

%
Percent sign
In UnicodeU+0025 % PERCENT SIGN (%)
Different from
Different fromU+2052 ⁒ COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN
U+00F7 ÷ DIVISION SIGN
Related
See alsoU+2030 ‰ PER MILLE SIGN
U+2031 ‱ PER TEN THOUSAND SIGN (Basis point)
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