Percent Change Calculator

What is a Percent Change Calculator?

A Percent Change Calculator is a mathematical tool that calculates the percentage increase or decrease between two values. Percent change measures how much a value has changed relative to its original value, expressed as a percentage, which is essential for analyzing trends, growth rates, price changes, and performance metrics. This calculator helps students, analysts, business professionals, and researchers understand changes in data over time. Whether you're analyzing sales growth, calculating price increases, measuring performance improvements, or studying statistical changes, this tool provides accurate percent change calculations. Explore our calculator tools collection for more mathematical and statistical calculation utilities.

How to Use a Percent Change Calculator?

Calculating percent change is straightforward:

1. Enter Original Value: Input the starting or original value (the baseline for comparison).
2. Enter New Value: Input the final or new value (the value you're comparing to the original).
3. Calculate Change: Click "Calculate" to compute the percent change between the two values.
4. View Results: Review the percent change (positive for increases, negative for decreases) and absolute change amount.
5. Interpret Results: Use the percentage to understand the magnitude of change relative to the original value.

This calculator is essential for students learning percentage calculations, business analysts tracking growth, financial professionals analyzing trends, or anyone who needs to calculate and understand percentage changes between values.