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What Is Percent Change and How Do You Calculate It?

By Anders Bylund – Updated Aug 15, 2024 at 2:52PM

Key Points

  • Percent change shows the increase or decrease between two values
  • An easy way to remember the formula is: ((New Value - Old Value) / Old Value) * 100
  • The Percent Change formula can be very useful to see events in data over time

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