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