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percentage on vs percentage of

Both 'percentage on' and 'percentage of' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Percentage on' is used when referring to a specific item or value, while 'percentage of' is used when referring to a whole or total amount.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 1014 views

percentage on

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific item or value.

Use 'percentage on' when you want to specify the percentage in relation to a particular item or value.

Examples:

The percentage on this item is 20%.
What is the percentage on the total sales?
Can you calculate the percentage on the final score?

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Alternatives:

percentage of this
percentage related to
percentage concerning
percentage in terms of
percentage with respect to

percentage of

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a whole or total amount.

Use 'percentage of' when you want to express the percentage of a whole or total amount.

Examples:

What is the percentage of students who passed the exam?
The percentage of the budget allocated to marketing is 30%.
Can you calculate the percentage of the total population?

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A huge percentage of neurosurgeons are functional psychopaths.
The farmer cannot get the real percentage of incorporation.
They told me what percentage of my face to shave.
The percentage of debt seemed to decrease slightly.
Access Abundance... not just for a percentage of the global the entire civilization.
A certain percentage of our younger demographic... are sticking their you-know-what in the vent.
Education prevents a high percentage of diseases.
Some external companies offer property management for a percentage of returns.
The little percentage of other indigenous grape varieties personalizes this product.
That's a high percentage of thinking to not talking.
Because right now, you've got a percentage of nothing.
Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high, we use puppetry.
The lowest percentage of entrepreneurs starting businesses.
It shares a high percentage of genetic material with her DNA.
A small percentage of it's probably true.
Meaning the percentage of cases we've settled has increased.
She's using a huge percentage of her brain.
No, it's just a small percentage of the population.
We never promised a percentage of the evidence.
That's the percentage of American agricultural land it took to feed the horses.

Alternatives:

proportion of
fraction of
share of
amount of
ratio of

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