Calculate Percentage between Two Numbers #
To calculate the percentage between two numbers, divide one number by the other and multiply the result by 100, e.g. (30 / 75) * 100. This shows what percent the first number is of the second, in the example - 30 is 40% of 75.
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function isWhatPercentOf(numA, numB) { return (numA / numB) * 100; } // 👇️ `30` is 40% of `75` console.log(isWhatPercentOf(30, 75)); // 👉️ 40 // 👇️ `20` is 26.666% of `75` console.log(isWhatPercentOf(20, 75)); // 👉️ 26.666666... // ✅ Round to 2 decimals console.log(isWhatPercentOf(20, 75).toFixed(2)); // 👉️ "26.67" // ✅ Get percentage Increase / Decrease function getPercentageIncrease(numA, numB) { return ((numA - numB) / numB) * 100; } // 👇️ `50` is 66.66% increase from `30` console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 30)); // 👉️ 66.666 // 👇️ `50` is 50% decrease from `100` console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 100)); // 👉️ -50The first function we declared takes 2 numbers are returns what percent numberA is of numberB.
For example, 25 / 50 * 100 shows that 25 is 50% of 50.
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When calculating percentages between two numbers, you might need to round to a specific number of digits after the decimal.
You can use the Number.toFixed method to achieve this.
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const percentage = (20 / 75) * 100; console.log(percentage); // 👇️ 26.666666666... // 👇️ 2 decimals const fixed = percentage.toFixed(2); console.log(fixed); // 👉️ "26.67"The toFixed method formats the number to the provided number of digits after the decimal and rounds the number if necessary.
Note that the toFixed method returns a string, not a number.
If the number doesn't have any decimal places, it gets padded with zeros.
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const percentage = (50 / 100) * 100; console.log(percentage); // 👇️ 50 // 👇️ 2 decimals const fixed = percentage.toFixed(2); console.log(fixed); // 👉️ "50.00"Our second function shows how to get the percentage increase or decrease between two numbers.
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function getPercentageIncrease(numA, numB) { return ((numA - numB) / numB) * 100; } // 👇️ `50` is 66.66% increase from `30` console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 30)); // 👉️ 66.666 // 👇️ `50` is 50% decrease from `100` console.log(getPercentageIncrease(50, 100)); // 👉️ -50The first example shows that the percentage increase from 30 to 50 is 66.6666...%.
And the second example shows that the percentage increase from 100 to 50 is -50%.
Further Reading #
- How to Convert a Map to JSON in JavaScript
- Convert an Object to JSON String using JavaScript