How to find the percentage difference

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thomas 34 -  
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Hello,

How to find the percentage difference between the actual amount and the expected amount?

Example: actual amount 340
expected amount 400
difference 60
difference in %?

Thank you
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Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58546 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   17 474
 
The "classic" answer is: deviation=(actual-expected)/expected * 100
In your example, the result will be -15%: (340-400)/400*100 = -15;

a negative value means that we achieved less than expected, a positive value means we did better than hoped.
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ménéw
 
%Ecart = (actual - planned)/100
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J-F le bgey
 
Hi, thank you, you helped me. Kisses krkr <3
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