成 長 率

せいちょうりつ

noun

growth rate

1. growth rate; rate of expansion

The percentage by which something — most often an economy, a market, or a company's sales — increases over a given period. Standard vocabulary in business reporting and economic statistics.

経済(けいざい)成長率(せいちょうりつ)が鈍(にぶ)った。

The economic growth rate slowed.

今年(ことし)の売上(うりあげ)成長率(せいちょうりつ)は3パーセントだった。

This year's sales growth rate was three percent.

政府(せいふ)は来年(らいねん)の成長率(せいちょうりつ)を1.5パーセントと予測(よそく)している。

The government forecasts next year's growth rate at 1.5 percent.

Formed from 成長(せいちょう) (growth) plus the suffix 率(りつ) (rate, ratio).

Common collocations

経済(けいざい)成長率(せいちょうりつ): economic growth rate
成長率(せいちょうりつ)が高(たか)い: to have a high growth rate
成長率(せいちょうりつ)が鈍(にぶ)る: for the growth rate to slow
年(ねん)平均(へいきん)成長率(せいちょうりつ): average annual growth rate

Similar words

伸(の)び率(りつ): rate of increase — plainer, more everyday word for the same figure
増加率(ぞうかりつ): rate of increase — purely quantitative, with none of 成長率(せいちょうりつ)'s sense of healthy development

Related Words

Compare: 伸(の)び率(りつ) (rate of increase)

Compare: 増加率(ぞうかりつ) (rate of increase)

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Added 2026.7.28 6:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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