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I’m trying to figure out the difference (in percentage) between two numbers.



I’d like to set up a formula that gives the percentage (positive or negative) difference between two numbers.

So in the screenshot above

Row 1: Percentage decrease from 100 to 50

Row 2: Percentage increase from 25 to 50

Row 3: No change between 50 to 50


My formula so far: -(({Starting #} - {End #})/{Starting #})

Welcome to the community, @Diane_Martinez!


It seems like your formula should work. If not, you could remove that leading minus sign and subtract the starting # from the end # (instead of the end # from the starting 😵.


Then, on the formatting tab for your formula, choose “percentage” to display the number as a percentage.


That’s why it didn’t seem right. Thank you @ScottWorld!!


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