yagav50850@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 年前Linux holds more than 8% market share in India, and it's on the upward trendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square150linkfedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down123
arrow-up1806arrow-down1imageLinux holds more than 8% market share in India, and it's on the upward trendsh.itjust.worksyagav50850@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 年前message-square150linkfedilink
minus-squarechristos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 年前Oh my bad, I misunderstood the concept of percentage.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mlBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·2 年前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.
minus-squareKarna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 年前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)
minus-squarechristos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 年前Percentage, it’s percentage that is recorded, percentage.
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!”