Percentage Expressed High Figure Noun Pəˈsentɪdʒ Pərˈsentɪdʒ Population

• what percentage of the population is/are overweight?
• a high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
• a large/small/low percentage
• the figure is expressed as a percentage.

percentage

1. the number, amount or rate of something, expressed as if it is part of a total that is 100; a part or share of a whole
• What percentage of the population is/are overweight?
• A high percentage of the female staff are part-time workers.
• a large/small/low percentage
• The figure is expressed as a percentage.
• The results were analysed in percentage terms.
• Interest rates are expected to rise by one percentage point (= a unit of one per cent).

Extra Examples

• Tax rates fell by 3.4 percentage points.
• Disabled passengers make up a disproportionate percentage of the cruise company's customers.
• Insurance contributions are paid at a fixed percentage rate on all earnings.
• Medical expenditure percentages ranged from 3.9% in Arizona to 9.8% in Delaware.
• That percentage declined to 49.7 in 2006.
• The area has a high percentage of unemployed men.
• The disease affects a greater percentage of men than women.
• The numbers are relatively low in percentage terms.
• This figure can be expressed as a percentage of the total.
• Unemployment has fallen by two percentage points this month.
• What percentage of women own a car?
• Young women comprise a large percentage of our clients.
• the percentage rise in the average salary
2. a share of the profits of something
• He gets a percentage for every car sold.
• The artist's agent receives commission on a percentage basis.