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Statistic which divides a data set into 100 parts and analyzes it as a percentage
In statistics, a percentile or percentile score, also known as centile (often denoted as P k {\displaystyle P_{k}} or Pk, for a given percentage k), is
Percentile
Statistic of a given score
In statistics, the percentile rank (PR) of a given score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution that are less than that score. Its mathematical
Percentile_rank
Transformation of statistics by limiting extreme values
specified percentile (or an upper and lower percentile) of the data. For example, a 90% winsorization would see all data below the 5th percentile set to
Winsorizing
Middle quantile of a data set or probability distribution
statistical distribution: it is the 2nd quartile, 5th decile, and 50th percentile. The median can be used as a measure of location when one attaches reduced
Median
Relative height and weight of children
Weight and height percentiles are determined by growth charts and body mass index charts to compare a child's measurements with those of other children
Weight_and_height_percentile
Method of measuring bandwidth based on peak use
95th percentile is a widely used mathematical calculation to evaluate the regular and sustained use of a network connection. The 95th percentile method
Burstable_billing
Number useful in statistics for analyzing a normal curve
In probability and statistics, the 97.5th percentile point of the standard normal distribution is a number commonly used for statistical calculations.
97.5th_percentile_point
Statistic which divides data into four same-sized parts for analysis
divisions, are as follows: The first quartile (Q1) is defined as the 25th percentile, where the lowest 25% data lies below this point. It is also known as
Quartile
Maximum legal speed of vehicles
"average" driver at the 50% percentile has a greater crash risk than the 85th percentile driver. Below the 30th percentile, crash risk is significantly
Speed_limit
Measure of statistical dispersion
H‑spread. It is defined as the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of the data. To calculate the IQR, the data set is divided into quartiles
Interquartile_range
normalizing scores received on a test into a 0-100 scale similar to a percentile rank, but preserving the valuable equal-interval properties of a z-score
Normal_curve_equivalent
Data visualization
mean of the data set The 9th percentile and the 91st percentile of the data set The 2nd percentile and the 98th percentile of the data set Rarely, box
Box_plot
Statistical method of dividing data into equal-sized intervals for analysis
special names, such as quartiles (four groups), deciles (ten groups), and percentiles (100 groups). The groups created are termed halves, thirds, quarters
Quantile
Second-oldest high-IQ society in the world
founded in 1966 that is open to those who have scored at or above the 99th percentile, or the top one percent, on a standardized test of intelligence. It has
Intertel
Entrance examination for postgraduate medical admissions in India
7th percentile down from 50th percentile for General and EWS category, 5th percentile down from 45th percentile for PwD category and zero percentile down
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate)
National_Eligibility_cum_Entrance_Test_(Postgraduate)
American standardized test used for college admissions
admission process. A sampling of ACT admissions scores shows that the 75th percentile composite score was 24.1 at public four-year institutions and 25.3 at
ACT_(test)
Statistical function that defines the quantiles of a probability distribution
p\in (0,1)} . The quantile function is also called the percentile function (after the percentile), percent-point function, inverse cumulative distribution
Quantile_function
the five-number summary. There are three common forms, all based on percentiles evaluated at different percentage values. As with the five-number summary
Seven-number_summary
Comparative measure of students' performance
to other students in their class. It is commonly also expressed as a percentile. For instance, a student may have a GPA better than 750 of their classmates
Class_rank
than the 85th percentile but less than the 95th percentile is considered overweight, and a BMI of greater than or equal to the 95th percentile is considered
Classification of childhood weight
Classification_of_childhood_weight
Medical Entrance Exam in India
exam, a substantial number of candidates qualify by meeting the minimum percentile-based criteria set by the NTA which only makes them eligible for counselling
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)
National_Eligibility_cum_Entrance_Test_(Undergraduate)
Largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world
It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence
Mensa_International
Organization for people with a high IQ score
on an IQ test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above. The largest and oldest such society is Mensa International
High-IQ_society
U.S. academic ranks of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor
75th percentile 77th to 83rd percentile Associate professor $56,943 $98,530 $69,911 Low 60s – High 70s 75th to 86th percentile 83rd to 87th percentile Full
Professors in the United States
Professors_in_the_United_States
Relation between peak wavelengths of black body radiation and temperature
above summarize results from other sections of this article. Percentiles are percentiles of the Planck blackbody spectrum. Only 25 percent of the energy
Wien's_displacement_law
Quantile dividing data into 10 equal parts
decile is one possible form of a quantile; others include the quartile and percentile. A decile rank arranges the data in order from lowest to highest and is
Decile
Graph showing unequal income growth
growth that occurred from 1988 to 2008. The x axis of the graph shows the percentiles of the global income distribution. The y axis shows the cumulative growth
Elephant_curve
Dummy used in vehicle crash testing
brother", the 95th percentile Hybrid III, at 188 centimetres (6 feet 2 inches) and 100 kg (220 lb). Ms. Hybrid III is a 5th percentile female dummy, at
Crash_test_dummy
Method for describing dice rolls
it is more common to use a combination of two ten-sided dice known as "percentile dice". One die represents units and the other tens; typically these are
Dice_notation
Insufficient growth or weight gain in children
age that is consistently below the fifth percentile or weight for age that falls by at least two major percentile lines on a growth chart. While weight loss
Failure_to_thrive
Category 5 Pacific hurricane in 2026
observed and the HCCA corrected-consensus aid showing "at least a 99th percentile event for intensification", Polo began to enter a period of significant
Hurricane_Polo
Standardized test used for U.S. college admissions
This percentile is theoretical and is derived using methods of statistical inference. The second percentile, called the "SAT User Percentile", uses
SAT
High IQ society
score on a standardized test demonstrates an IQ at or above the 99.9th percentile of the human population. The society recognizes scores from over 20 intelligence
Triple_Nine_Society
American philosopher
conclusions. Attempts to eke out discrimination at the hundredth or thousandth percentile were clearly overwhelmed by the test's standard error, given that there
Ronald_K._Hoeflin
Crash test dummy
50th percentile male (equal in height and weight to the average North American male at the time of its development). Hybrid III, the 50th percentile male
Hybrid_III
Marked objects for finding random numbers
These last two, taken together, are called percentile dice. In standard dice notation, a roll of percentile dice can be expressed as "d100", although "d%"
Dice
Non-verbal test
requiring performance at or above the 99th percentile - stricter than Mensa's cut-off of the 98th percentile. A variant of the test, called the Figure
Figure_Reasoning_Test
Public university in Oxford, Mississippi, US
(with a 50th percentile of 1090), with a 50th percentile of 550 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section and a 50th percentile of 540 on the
University_of_Mississippi
Examination for admission to engineering colleges in India
JEE–Main, used a substitute to give the exam. He subsequently scored 99.8 percentile in the exam and topped in his state, Assam. Seven people were arrested
Joint Entrance Examination – Main
Joint_Entrance_Examination_–_Main
Medical condition
gestational age. SGA is most commonly defined as a weight below the 10th percentile for the gestational age. SGA predicts susceptibility to hypoglycemia,
Small_for_gestational_age
Cognitive bias about one's own skill
Their test scores placed them in the 12th percentile, but they ranked themselves in the 62nd percentile. Other studies focus on how a person's self-view
Dunning–Kruger_effect
Economical and financial advantage
used as a reference group would justify the personal income in the tenth percentile of $77,500 being described as affluent, but if this earner were compared
Affluence in the United States
Affluence_in_the_United_States
10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile 95th percentile
Income_in_the_United_States
American education reformer (born 1969)
scores at the 90th percentile. In math, her scores went from 22 percentile to 52 percentile, an average increase of 15 percentile annually. In reading
Michelle_Rhee
Probability distribution
dimensioning based on bandwidth provisioning and (2) predicting 95th percentile pricing. in physical testing when the test produces a time-to-failure
Log-normal_distribution
Private university in Gaza City, Palestine
Overall percentile 75th 2023 Scimago Institutions Rankings Research percentile 57th 2023 Scimago Institutions Rankings Innovation percentile 87th 2023
Islamic_University_of_Gaza
Standardized examination for prospective medical students in the United States and Canada
are the scores, along with their percentiles from test takers from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. MCAT percentiles are updated every year on May 1
Medical College Admission Test
Medical_College_Admission_Test
Type of Internet hosting
a 50th percentile measurement (with 50% of measurements above, and 50% of measurements below), whereas this sets the cutoff at 95th percentile, with 5%
Dedicated_hosting_service
Aspect of human growth
Statistics: Growth Charts of American Percentiles fao.org, Body Weights and Heights by Countries (given in percentiles) The Height Gap, Article discussing
Human_height
Measurement of the human penis
Retrieved 3 May 2026. Glenn, Jordan (27 February 2026). "Penis Length Percentile Chart". urosculpt.com. Retrieved 3 May 2026. Kaplan, Karen (3 March 2015)
Human_penis_size
Educational assessment administered by the U.S. military
military in 1976. It underwent a major revision in 2002. In 2004, the test's percentile rank scoring system was renormalized, to ensure that a score of 50% really
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery
American boxer and activist (1942–2016)
1966, the army lowered its standards to permit soldiers above the 15th percentile and Ali was again classified as 1-A. This classification meant he was
Muhammad_Ali
Ways inequality is measured
income-ordered population percentiles, of the shortfall, from equal share, of the cumulative income up to each population percentile, with that summed shortfall
Income_inequality_metrics
New York City admission test for elite high schools
scores. Typically, scoring around the 99th percentile (45-47/47) on one part of the exam and the 60th percentile (25-27/47) on the other part will gain admission
Specialized High Schools Admissions Test
Specialized_High_Schools_Admissions_Test
Graphic of child development over time
growth curves are graphed for the median value (the "middle" value, at 50 percentile), lower and upper quartiles (bottom and top 25%), as well the lower and
Growth_chart
Economic concept
Ratio for Each Income Percentile to Median Income In the U.S. Since 1970. The plot shows the increase in the relative gains of those above the median versus
Wage_ratio
Suicide in India
the merit list was 40 percentile ( [107 to 130] out of 720 marks ) for students in the reserved category, while it was 50 percentile for general category
Suicide_of_S._Anitha
Severe protein malnutrition
General considerations 65-85% Kwashiorkor Undernutrition Weight for age ± oedema Reference standard (50th percentile) <60% Marasmic kwashiorkor Marasmus
Kwashiorkor
Ballistics measure of a weapon system's precision
definition for CEP, the circle dimension can be defined for percentages. Percentiles can be determined by recognizing that the horizontal position error is
Circular_error_probable
Children's board game
game length: Unbounded 25th percentile: 7 moves 50th percentile (median): 12 moves 75th percentile: 21 moves 95th percentile: 40 moves The game length for
Hi_Ho!_Cherry-O
Set of descriptive statistics
information about a dataset. It consists of the five most important sample percentiles: the sample minimum (smallest observation) the lower quartile or first
Five-number_summary
Anxiety disorder screening instrument
Score 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-21 Percent 84.4% 9.5% 3.4% 2.7% Percentile 84.4% 93.9% 97.3% 100%
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7
Generalized_Anxiety_Disorder_7
Medical condition
and evidence of reduced growth regardless of an infant's birth weight percentile. The causes of IUGR are broad and may involve maternal, fetal, or placental
Intrauterine growth restriction
Intrauterine_growth_restriction
Infinite series used to approximate quantiles of probability distributions
2.55621. So the estimated 95th percentile of X is 10 + 5×2.55621 or about 22.781. For comparison, the 95th percentile of a normal random variable with
Cornish–Fisher_expansion
1960s U.S. military recruitment program
medical standards. During World War II, those who scored in certain lower percentiles of mental aptitude tests were admitted into service. However, this experience
Project_100,000
Topics referred to by the same term
9%) Triple Nine Society, a society for people with IQs in the 99.9th percentile 0.999... for proofs that 0.999... is equal to 1 This disambiguation page
999
Computer adaptive test (CAT)
This score can be converted to a percentile using the GMAT Concordance table. Scores at or above the 99th percentile were accepted as qualifying evidence
Graduate Management Admission Test
Graduate_Management_Admission_Test
Tabletop role-playing game system
Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. Chaosium used the percentile skill-based system as the basis for most of their games, including Call
Basic_Role-Playing
Academic journal
Source Category Rank Percentile Quartile Scopus General Medicine in Medicine 1 of 636 99.84 Q1 IF (Web of Science) Medicine, General & Internal 1 of 325
The_Lancet
Unit for parts per thousand
largely obsolete. Modern publications instead use fractional percentiles ("99.9th percentile"). Seawater salinity is often expressed per mille. Average
Per_mille
American standard test for grades 3–11
combined score is 1500, the highest 2400, and the median 1950. The SSAT Percentile (1 to 99) compares the student's performance on the SSAT with that of
Secondary School Admission Test
Secondary_School_Admission_Test
income percentiles for U.S. states and Washington D.C. Region 20th Percentile 40th Percentile Median 60th Percentile 80th Percentile 95th Percentile Average
List of U.S. states and territories by income
List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income
2025 American comedy television series
maintained a strong position within its genre, ranking in the 98.5th percentile for comedy. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 26
Mid-Century Modern (TV series)
Mid-Century_Modern_(TV_series)
Self-report mood disorder questionnaire
Score 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-27 Percent 74.8% 15.7% 5.9% 2.6% 1.1% Percentile 74.8% 90.5% 96.4% 98.9% 100.0%
PHQ-9
Public university in Reno, Nevada, US
the SAT (with a 50th percentile of 1200), between 520 and 680 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section (50th percentile: 600), and between
University_of_Nevada,_Reno
Role-playing game
determine success or failure of actions, the player must roll a number on percentile dice that is less than the relevant attribute or Resistance. For example
Mothership (role-playing game)
Mothership_(role-playing_game)
Average absolute deviation Coefficient of variation Interquartile range Percentile Range Standard deviation Variance Shape Central limit theorem Moments
List_of_statistical_tests
Jesuit university in California, US
enrolled students was 1300, with a range between the 25th percentile score of 1200 and the 75th percentile score of 1380. For ACT scores, the average composite
University_of_San_Francisco
Fantasy tabletop role-playing game
Chaosium in 2016. RuneQuest is notable for its system, designed around percentile dice and an early implementation of skill rules, which became the basis
RuneQuest
American feral child (born 1957)
Caesarean section with no noted complications, and she was in the 50th percentile for weight. The following day, she showed signs of Rh incompatibility
Genie_(feral_child)
Medical school in Grenada, West Indies
is 3.4 and the average MCAT score is 497 (39th percentile), compared with 3.69 and 513 (87th percentile) respectively in the United States. The medical
St. George's University School of Medicine
St._George's_University_School_of_Medicine
Second election of Donald Trump
Trump won the 2024 election with 58% of the electoral college—placing the win in approximately the 28th percentile of all presidential elections.
2024 United States presidential election
2024_United_States_presidential_election
Medical condition
evaluation. The term has been in use since at least 1975 without a precise percentile or statistical definition of "extreme". In 2003 Eli Lilly and Company
Idiopathic_short_stature
Grading system for university entry in Australia
disadvantage or subject performance. ATAR is not a mark, but rather a percentile ranking between 0.00 and 99.95 which shows the student's relative position
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
Australian_Tertiary_Admission_Rank
Experiment methodology
Average absolute deviation Coefficient of variation Interquartile range Percentile Range Standard deviation Variance Shape Central limit theorem Moments
A/B_testing
U.S. state
teachers to become certified if they did not score in the top one-third percentile of the SAT, ACT or GRE. Under the new law, teachers can now skip the exam
New_Jersey
Nationality and autonomous community of Spain
Datosmacro.com. Retrieved 5 September 2026. "Medias y percentiles por sexo y CCAA" [Means and percentiles by sex and autonomous community]. Instituto Nacional
Catalonia
Data transformation of statistics into rank
data value, the fractional statistical rank of the tied data ends in ½. Percentile rank is another type of statistical ranking. Microsoft Excel provides
Ranking_(statistics)
Most populous city in Oregon, U.S.
student body of nearly 30,000. It has been named among the top fifteen percentile of American regional universities by The Princeton Review for undergraduate
Portland,_Oregon
Yields an estimate of the testee's position in population
converted to percentiles (or some other system of quantiles). The percentile values are transformed to grades according to a division of the percentile scale
Norm-referenced_test
2014 Survey of the topic
66th percentile for violent crime rates was 3.69 crimes per 1,000 people, still not as high as the average crime rate among cities (the 33rd percentile was
California locations by crime rate
California_locations_by_crime_rate
Overview of global nutritional deficiencies
There were 685.6 million malnourished people in the world in 2024, a decrease of 112.7 million since 2005, Although the world already produces enough food
Epidemiology_of_malnutrition
Relative weight based on mass and height
percentiles for children of the same sex and age. A BMI that is less than the 5th percentile is considered underweight and above the 95th percentile is
Body_mass_index
Online subculture
others arguing that only unattractive women belonging to the "bottom percentile in terms of appearance" can be incels. Members of male incel communities
Incel
Academic journal
was in the 99th percentile (ranked 293rd) of the 512,033 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals, and in the 99th percentile (ranked 1st) of
European_Physical_Journal
Public university in Fullerton, California, US
the SAT (with a 50th percentile of 1210), between 540 and 680 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section (50th percentile: 610), and between
California State University, Fullerton
California_State_University,_Fullerton
Table that displays the frequency of variables
Average absolute deviation Coefficient of variation Interquartile range Percentile Range Standard deviation Variance Shape Central limit theorem Moments
Contingency_table
Social class
If middle-class households earning between the 50th percentile ($46,000) and the 85th percentile ($62,500) tend to live in lower cost of living areas
Upper_middle_class
800. 20th-40th percentile own $10,000. 40th to 60th percentile own $15,500. 60th to 80th percentile own $31,700. 80th to 89th percentile own $82,000. Top
Wealth inequality in the United States
Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States
Distance in millimeters between the centers of each pupil
sample size as the mean and standard deviation, minimum and maximum, and percentiles (e.g., 5th and 95th; 1st and 99th, 50th or median). Representative data
Pupillary_distance
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