Keyboard Shortcuts for Percentage Sign

Percent or percentage sign is used to indicate number as a fraction of 100. This is a common way of expressing marks of students in examinations. For example, 75% indicates a ratio of 75 out of 100. Percent sign is shown on number 5 key on standard keyboard layout, you can type by pressing “Shift + 5“.

Shortcuts Summary for Percent Sign

Symbol Name	Percent Sign
Main Category	Alphanumeric
Sub Category	Keyboard
Alt Code Shortcut (Windows)	Alt + 37
Alt X Shortcut (Word)	0025 Alt + X
Alt Code Shortcut (Mac)	Option + 0025
HTML Entity Decimal	%
HTML Entity Hexadecimal	%
HTML Entity Name	%
CSS Value	\0025
JavaScript Escape String	\u0025
Decimal	37
Hexadecimal	0025
Unicode Point	U+0025
Unicode Block	Basic Latin

Typing % Sign on Windows

• On Windows based computers, you can insert % symbol using alt key and numbers 3 and 7 keys from numeric keyboard.
• On Microsoft Word documents, press 0025 and then alt and x keys to type % sign.
• Alternatively, find the Character Map app using Windows Search box and search for the Unicode value 0025 to find and insert % sign.

Typing % Sign on Mac

• On macOS, first change the keyboard layout to Unicode Hex Input. Hold option key and type 0025 to type % sign.
• You can also press “Command + Control + Spacebar” keys to open Character Viewer. Look for the % sign under “Punctuations” symbol group.

Typing % Sign on Web Documents

• % sign has a entity name that you can directly use on HTML documents like & percent ;
• You can also use decimal (& # 37;) or hexadecimal (& # x 0025;) on HTML documents.
• On CSS and JavaScript documents use the hexadecimal codes like \0025 or \u0025 respectively.

Other Percent Symbols in Unicode

Unicode has few more % related symbols as listed below:

Symbol	Description	Alt Code
٪	Arabic Percent Sign	1642
﹪	Small Percent Symbol	65130
％	Fullwidth Percent Sign	65285