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Per Mille Sign (‰)

The per mille sign ‰ is Unicode U+2030, meaning “per thousand”, a tenth of a percent. Press Copy to put it on your clipboard, or type it with Option + Shift + R on a Mac.

Unicode
U+2030
HTML
‰
Word
2030 Alt+X
Mac
Option + Shift + R

How to type the per mille sign (‰)

The quickest way is to press Copy above and paste. To type ‰ yourself, use the method for your device below. On a Mac it is Option + Shift + R.

Windows

  1. In Word or Outlook, type 2030 and press Alt + X. Alt + X converts the hex code before the cursor into the character, and back again.
  2. Press Win + R, type charmap and press Enter. Tick “Advanced view”, search for Per Mille Sign, then Select and Copy. Character Map is built into every version of Windows.

Mac

  1. Press Option+Shift+R. On the standard US and US-International layouts.
  2. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search for per mille and double-click it.

Linux & ChromeOS

  1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2030, then press Enter or Space. Works in GTK and IBus apps (GNOME, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice) and on ChromeOS.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Tap 123, then touch and hold % and slide to ‰.
  2. Copy ‰ from this page, then go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement and add it with a shortcut such as ;per. The shortcut then turns into the symbol as you type, in every app.

Android

  1. Copy ‰ here, then open Gboard settings → Dictionary → Personal dictionary and add it with a shortcut.

Microsoft Word

  1. Type 2030, then press Alt + X.
  2. Insert → Symbol → More Symbols. Set “from” to Unicode (hex), type 2030 in “Character code” and click Insert.
  3. On a Mac, Option+Shift+R works in Word too.

Google Docs

  1. Insert → Special characters, then search for “per mille” or draw it in the box.

Excel & Google Sheets

  1. Enter =UNICHAR(8240) in a cell. It works in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

HTML

  1. Write ‰ or ‰ in your HTML.

What does ‰ mean?

‰ means parts per thousand, so 1‰ = 0.1%. It is how blood alcohol limits are written in much of Europe (0.5‰ in Germany, France and Spain), how oceanographers once gave seawater salinity (about 35‰), and how some countries quote property transfer taxes and interest. Put the sign straight after the number or with a thin space, the same way you would treat %. Its rarer sibling ‱ is per ten thousand, or one basis point.

Common uses

  • Blood alcohol: 0.5‰ legal limit
  • Salinity and ratios: 35‰
  • Finance: fees quoted per mille

Per Mille Sign codes for HTML, CSS and programming

Every code below produces ‰. Use the HTML entity in web pages, the CSS escape in content, and the escape sequence in source code.

Unicode code pointU+2030
HTML entity (named)‰
HTML decimal‰
HTML hex‰
CSS contentcontent: "\2030";
JavaScript"\u2030"
Python"\u2030"
Python (by name)"\N{PER MILLE SIGN}"
Java / C#"\u2030"
LaTeX\textperthousand
UTF-8 bytesE2 80 B0
UTF-162030
URL encoded%E2%80%B0
Mac shortcutOption + Shift + R

‰ vs look-alike characters

These characters look similar to ‰ but have a different meaning and code. Pasting the wrong one can break search, sorting and screen readers.

CharNameWhen to use it
Percent
U+0025		Percent, parts per hundred.
Per Ten Thousand
U+2031		Per ten thousand (basis point).

Symbols similar to ‰

Click to copy, or open a symbol for its codes. See the full math symbols collection.

‰ character properties

Official Unicode name
PER MILLE SIGN
Also known as
per mil, per thousand, permille, promille
Code point
U+2030
Unicode block
General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F)
General category
Other punctuation (Po)
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane (0)
Emoji
No, it is a text symbol

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert per mille to percent?

Divide by ten: 5‰ equals 0.5%.

Is there an alt code for the per mille sign?

No. ‰ is outside the Windows-1252 and code page 437 character sets, so no Alt + number code produces it. Copy it from this page, type 2030 then Alt + X in Word, or find it in Character Map.

How do I type the per mille sign on a Mac?

Press Option + Shift + R. It works in every app on the US keyboard layout. You can also open the Character Viewer with Control + Command + Space and search for it.

What is the HTML code for the per mille sign?

Use the named entity ‰ or the numeric reference ‰ (hex ‰). All three display ‰ in every browser.

What is the Unicode for the per mille sign?

‰ is U+2030, officially named PER MILLE SIGN, in the General Punctuation block. It has been part of Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).