比率(ひりつ)

ひりつ
noun
ratio; proportion; percentage
1. ratio; proportion
The quantitative relation between two amounts showing how many times one value contains another.
男女(だんじょ)の比率(ひりつ)は3(さん)対(たい)2(に)だ。
The male-to-female ratio is 3 to 2.
売上(うりあげ)に占(し)める輸出(ゆしゅつ)の比率(ひりつ)が高(たか)い。
The proportion of exports in sales is high.
高齢者(こうれいしゃ)の比率(ひりつ)が年々(ねんねん)増加(ぞうか)している。
The proportion of elderly people is increasing year by year.

COMPONENTS:
比(ひ) (compare) + 率(りつ) (rate) = ratio

COMMON TYPES:

  • 男女比率(だんじょひりつ) - male-to-female ratio
  • 人口比率(じんこうひりつ) - population ratio
  • 自己資本比率(じこしほんひりつ) - equity ratio
  • 配当比率(はいとうひりつ) - dividend ratio
  • 構成比率(こうせいひりつ) - composition ratio

GRAMMAR:

  • 〜の比率(ひりつ)が高(たか)い/低(ひく)い (the ratio of ~ is high/low)
  • 〜の比率(ひりつ)を上(あ)げる/下(さ)げる (to raise/lower the ratio of ~)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 割合(わりあい) - proportion, rate (more common in daily speech)
  • 比(ひ) - ratio (mathematical term)
  • 比例(ひれい) - proportion (mathematical relationship)
  • 百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ) / パーセント - percentage

Related Words

Related: 割合(わりあい) (proportion/rate)
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Added 2026.1.18 13:42 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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