前年比(ぜんねんひ)

ぜんねんひ
noun
year-on-year; compared with the previous year
formaleconomicsbusiness
1. year-on-year comparison; compared with the previous year
A comparison of a figure with the same figure a year earlier, as used in business and economic reports.
売上(うりあげ)は前年比(ぜんねんひ)一割(いちわり)増(ぞう)だった。
Sales were up 10 percent year on year.
The number of tourists doubled compared with the previous year.
This month's exports fell 3 percent year on year, the second straight month of decline.

Common patterns

  • 前年比(ぜんねんひ)〜増(ぞう)/減(げん): up/down ~ year on year (headline style)
  • 前年比(ぜんねんひ)で: compared with the previous year

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