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[Guest]

A similar question was asked about a year ago, but I didn't quite get the
answer I needed. I have a statistical spreadsheet. What I'm trying to do is
show the percentage increase/decrease of incidents in comparison to the
previous year.

Eg: A1= 31(this years numbers)
B1=47(last years numbers)

in C1 I want to display either -#% or +#% (depending on if the numbers have
increased or decreased compared to the previous year)

Someone gave the formula =(A1/B1)/A1 but I don't think that's quite right.

 

[Anne Troy]

Try this: =1-(A1/B1)
Then format you cell with a custom format of something like this:
+0.00;-0.00
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[Guest]

=(A1/B1)-1. Format as %.

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Just a head's up,
Your formula gives a positive %, but the OP was moving from 47 last year
(B1) to 31 this year (A1).

Maybe you missed which value is which.

 

[Anne Troy]

Absolutely.
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[Guest]

sorry, what's OP?

Absolutely.
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[Anne Troy]

It took me a long time to find that out, too. "Original Poster"--or at least
I think!!
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