How to calculate percentage change or difference between two numbers in Excel?
This article is talking about calculating percentage change or difference between two numbers in Excel.
Calculate percentage change/difference between two numbers with formula
As below screenshot shown, you need to calculate the percentage change between new number 94 and old number 80. The formula =(new_value-old_value)/old_value can help you quickly calculate the percentage change between two numbers. Please do as follows.
1. Select a blank cell for locating the calculated percentage change, then enter formula =(A3-A2)/A2 into the Formula Bar, and then press the Enter key. See screenshot:
2. Keep selecting the result cell, then click the Percent Style button in the Number group under Home tab to format the cell as percentage. See screenshot:
Now the percentage difference between two given numbers is calculated.
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