What is the difference between percent and percentage points?

Q: What is the difference between percent and percentage points?

Distinguishing between relative change and absolute Arithmetic difference.

Percent is a ratio representing a part of a whole. Percentage points are the simple arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving from 4% interest to 5% interest is a 25% increase, but only a 1 percentage point rise.

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