{"id":8010,"date":"2018-05-09T14:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T12:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/blog\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2024-03-26T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:51:37","slug":"calculate-percentage-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/percentage-of-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calculating percentages in Excel<\/a>, there are a lot of ways that you could do this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the percentage of a number?<\/li>\n<li>What is the percentage change of value i.e. The percentage increase or decrease<\/li>\n<li>What is the proportion against a total value?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-00-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-00-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"640\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-00-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-00-1-300x83.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us go over each method in the tutorial below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L7wqPh2oNlw?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-to-Calculate-Percentage-in-Excel-1.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-to-Calculate-Percentage-in-Excel-1.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">How-to-Calculate-Percentage-in-Excel-1.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong>What is the percentage of a number?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calculate the percentage<\/a> of the number, simply multiply the number and the percentage together:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#Percentage_x_Number\" title=\"Percentage x Number\">Percentage x Number<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#75_100\" title=\"75% * 100\">75% * 100<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#New_%E2%80%93_Old_Old\" title=\"(New &#8211; Old) \/ Old\">(New &#8211; Old) \/ Old<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#150_%E2%80%93_100_100\" title=\"(150 &#8211; 100 ) \/ 100\">(150 &#8211; 100 ) \/ 100<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#Portion_Total\" title=\"Portion \/ Total\">Portion \/ Total<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/calculate-percentage-excel\/#1220\" title=\"12\/20\">12\/20<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Percentage_x_Number\"><\/span>Percentage x Number<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"75_100\"><\/span><strong>75% * 100<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-01-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"636\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-01-1.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-01-1-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong>What is the percentage change of value i.e. The percentage increase or decrease<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To calculate the change <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/reverse-percentage-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in<\/a> value as a percentage, get the difference of the new value and the old value, then divide it by the old value:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_%E2%80%93_Old_Old\"><\/span>(New &#8211; Old) \/ Old<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"150_%E2%80%93_100_100\"><\/span><strong>(150 &#8211; 100 ) \/ 100<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-02-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-02-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"676\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-02-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-02-2-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong>What is the proportion against a total value?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get the proportion as a percentage,\u00a0divide the portion by the total amount:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Portion_Total\"><\/span>Portion \/ Total<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1220\"><\/span><strong>12\/20<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-03-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"642\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-03-1.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-03-1-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 4:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0We are almost done! The last two values are not in the percentage format, so let&#8217;s fix that.<\/p>\n<p>Select the last two values and go to\u00a0<em><strong>Home &gt; Number &gt; %<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-04-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"749\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-04-1.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-04-1-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your percentage values are now all ready!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-05-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-05-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Calculate Percentage in Excel\" width=\"643\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-05-1.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Percentage-05-1-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>How to Calculate Percentage in Excel<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In calculating percentages in Excel, there are a lot of ways that you could do this: What is the percentage of a number? 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