yagav50850@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLinux holds more than 8% market share in India, and it's on the upward trendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down122
arrow-up1803arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squarechristos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoOh my bad, I misunderstood the concept of percentage.
minus-squareTheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year 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-squareKarna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year 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-squarechristos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoPercentage, it’s percentage that is recorded, percentage.
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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!”