percentile

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one of the points into which a large range of numbers, results, etc. is divided to make 100 groups of the same size:

That score puts you in the 97th percentile.

one of the 100 equal parts that a set of people or things is divided into, when you are comparing a particular characteristic relating to them:

His salary put him in the 75th percentile of chief executives.

The investment fund is ranked in the top fourth percentile in its category.