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Percentage Change from 30 to 80

From 30 to 80 is a 166.6667% increase

Change
166.6667%
Difference
50
New ÷ old
2.666667
Direction
increase

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How to work it out

  1. Difference: 80 − 30 = 50
  2. Divide by the starting value: 50 ÷ 30 = 1.666667
  3. Multiply by 100: 166.6667%
  4. Check: Work forwards from the start: 30 × (1 + 1.666667) = 30 × 2.666667 = 80.

In a spreadsheet: =(80-30)/30*100. Always divide by the starting value, not the new one. A rise from 40 to 50 is +25%, but the fall from 50 back to 40 is −20%.

What the result means

The new value is 2.6667 times the old one: for every 100 at the start there are now 266.6667. The value has more than doubled.

Prices: an item whose price rises from $30 to $80 has gone up by 166.6667%.

Why the change back is different

A 166.6667% rise followed by a 166.6667% fall does not bring you back to 30: it gives -53.3333. The second percentage is taken of 80, not of 30, so to undo this change you need 62.5% instead.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 80 to 30. Percentage change is not symmetric: from 30 to 80 is 166.6667%, but from 80 back to 30 is -62.5%, because the starting value is the base. For a comparison that is the same both ways, use the percentage difference between 30 and 80: 90.9091%. See Percentage difference between 30 and 80.

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Questions

Percentage Change from 30 to 80

Going from 30 to 80 is a 166.6667% increase. Formula and steps.

Is going from 30 to 80 an increase or a decrease?

An increase: the value grew by 50, which is 166.6667% of the starting value.

What is the percentage change from 80 back to 30?

-62.5%. It is a different number because the starting value is now 80, not 30.