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Convert Percents to Parts per Million

1 percent = 10,000 parts per million. Multiply the number of percents by 10000.

Result
10,000

1 % = 10,000 ppm

Multiply the number of percents by 10000.

Results are rounded for display. Double-check values for critical work.

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Percents to Parts per Million table

PercentsParts per Million
1 %10,000 ppm
2 %20,000 ppm
3 %30,000 ppm
4 %40,000 ppm
5 %50,000 ppm
10 %100,000 ppm
20 %200,000 ppm
25 %250,000 ppm
50 %500,000 ppm
100 %1,000,000 ppm
500 %5,000,000 ppm
1000 %10,000,000 ppm

About these units

The percent (%) is a specialist or regional unit of percentage & parts, equal to 0.01 fractions.

The part per million (ppm) is a specialist or regional unit of percentage & parts, equal to 0.000001 fractions.

Going the other way, 1 part per million = 0.0001 percents. Water quality reports use parts per million, finance uses basis points, and everyone else uses percent. They are all just fractions with different scaling.

Frequently asked

How many parts per million are in a percent?
1 percent = 10,000 parts per million.
How do you convert percents to parts per million?
Multiply the number of percents by 10000.
What is 10 % in ppm?
10 % = 100,000 ppm.

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