### Navigation

- index
- modules |
- next |
- previous |
- pandas 0.14.1 documentation »
- API Reference »

# pandas.Panel.pct_change

`Panel.``pct_change`(periods=1, fill_method='pad', limit=None, freq=None, **kwds)

  Percent change over given number of periods.

  Parameters : | periods : int, default 1 Periods to shift for forming percent change fill_method : str, default ‘pad’ How to handle NAs before computing percent changes limit : int, default None The number of consecutive NAs to fill before stopping freq : DateOffset, timedelta, or offset alias string, optional Increment to use from time series API (e.g. ‘M’ or BDay())
  Returns : | chg : NDFrame

  Notes

  By default, the percentage change is calculated along the stat axis: 0, or `Index`, for `DataFrame` and 1, or `minor` for `Panel`. You can change this with the `axis` keyword argument.

### Navigation

- index
- modules |
- next |
- previous |
- pandas 0.14.1 documentation »
- API Reference »