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Percentage Difference between 60 and 70

Between 60 and 70: 15.3846% difference

Difference
15.3846%
Gap
10
Average
65
Ratio
1.1667 : 1

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How to work it out

  1. Gap between the values: |60 − 70| = 10
  2. Average of the values: (60 + 70) ÷ 2 = 65
  3. Divide the gap by the average and multiply by 100: 10 ÷ 65 × 100 = 15.3846%
  4. Check: Work backwards: 0.153846 × 65 = 10, the gap between the values.

In a spreadsheet: =ABS(60-70)/((60+70)/2)*100. Dividing by one of the values instead of their average turns it into a percentage change, which depends on which value you start from.

What the result means

70 is 10 more than 60. Measured against their average, 65, that gap is 15.3846%. The result is the same whichever value you name first.

Prices: if one shop charges $60 and another $70 for the same item, the prices differ by 15.3846%.

Why the average is the base

Dividing the gap of 10 by 60 gives 16.6667%, and dividing it by 70 gives 14.2857%. The average, 65, sits between them, so the result does not depend on which value is listed first.

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The other way round: Percentage change from 60 to 70. Percentage difference is symmetric: between 70 and 60 it is the same 15.3846%, so there is one page for each pair of numbers. Percentage change is not: from 60 to 70 is +16.6667%, from 70 to 60 is -14.2857%.

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Questions

Percentage Difference between 60 and 70

The percentage difference between 60 and 70 is 15.3846%: the gap divided by the average. Formula and steps.

What is the percentage change from 60 to 70?

+16.6667%. Percentage change uses the starting value (60) as the base, so it is larger than the percentage difference of 15.3846%.

What is the difference between percentage difference and percentage change?

Percentage change compares a new value with an old one and divides by the old value. Percentage difference compares two values on an equal footing and divides by their average, so the order does not matter.