The output of petroleum went up by twenty percent.石油产量增长了20％。
The price of food was reduced by ten percent. 食品的价格下降了10％。
The loss of electricity has been reduced to less than thirty percent.电的损耗减少到30％以下。 
注意：
由"分数(或百分数)+ of + 名词"构成的名词词组作主语时，其后的动词形式依of词组中的名词类别而定。例如:
Two thirds of the swampland has been reclaimed for farming. 三分之二的沼泽地已经开垦为农田了。
Over sixty percent of the doctors were women. 超过百分之六十的医生是女性。