The plain % percent sign is already on your keyboard (Shift+5), but its rarer cousins are not: ‰ per mille means "per thousand" and ‱ per ten thousand (a basis point) turns up in finance and statistics. Copy any of them from the keys below, each pastes as a real Unicode character. In Word, type the code shown and press Alt + X.
01 Symbols at a glance
| Symbol | How to type | |
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| Percent Sign | U+0025 · Word: 25 Alt+X · % |
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| Per Mille Sign | U+2030 · Alt+0137 · ‰ |
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| Per Ten Thousand Sign | U+2031 · Word: 2031 Alt+X · ‱ |
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| Arabic Percent Sign | U+066A · Word: 66A Alt+X · ٪ |
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| Double-Struck N-ary Summation | U+2140 · Word: 2140 Alt+X · ⅀ |
02 FAQ
What does ‰ (per mille) mean?
‰ means "per thousand", so 5‰ equals 0.5% or 0.005. It is common in finance, chemistry and blood-alcohol readings. Type it in Word as 2030 then Alt+X, or copy it above.
How is ‱ different from ‰?
‱ is "per ten thousand" (one basis point), so 1‱ = 0.01% = 0.0001. It has two circles on the bottom versus one for ‰. Both are copied straight from the keys above.
Should there be a space before %?
Style guides differ: most US/UK style (AP, Chicago) writes 50% with no space, while SI and many scientific styles write 50 %. Pick one and stay consistent within a document.