@yagav50850@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoLinux holds more than 8% market share in India, and it's on the upward trendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1828arrow-down123
arrow-up1805arrow-down1imageLinux holds more than 8% market share in India, and it's on the upward trendsh.itjust.works@yagav50850@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-square@TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•8 months agoPercentage is not as easy or helpful to work with, when there are orders of magnitude difference between absolute numbers. It hides the absolute number difference for no other reason than unspoken lying of statistics.
minus-squareKarnalinkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agoTo put it in right context (relying on Wiki data for year 2021): Current population of Greece: 10,482,487 (~10.5 Million) Current population of India: 1,210,854,977 (~1.2 Billion)
minus-squarechristoslinkfedilink2•8 months agoPercentage, it’s percentage that is recorded, percentage.
minus-square@crispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilink4•8 months ago“India has more people per capita!” Karna
Oh my bad, I misunderstood the concept of percentage.
Percentage is not as easy or helpful to work with, when there are orders of magnitude difference between absolute numbers. It hides the absolute number difference for no other reason than unspoken lying of statistics.
To put it in right context (relying on Wiki data for year 2021):
Current population of Greece: 10,482,487 (~10.5 Million)
Current population of India: 1,210,854,977 (~1.2 Billion)
Percentage, it’s percentage that is recorded, percentage.
“India has more people per capita!”