Percentage Difference Calculator

Find percentage difference between two values and percent change from the first.

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Percentage difference vs. percent change

Percentage difference (vs. the average) is useful when neither value is clearly the “old” or “new” baseline:

|a − b| ÷ ((|a| + |b|) / 2) × 100%

Percent change from the first value treats the first box as the baseline:

(b − a) ÷ |a| × 100%

If the first value is zero, percent change from first is undefined (division by zero).