Pareto principle

English

Etymology

From Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist.

Proper noun

the Pareto principle

1. The principle that describes the phenomenon wherein a small percentage of a population accounts for a large proportion of a particular characteristic of that population.

Synonyms

• Pareto's law
• 80-20 rule
• 20-80 rule

Translations

principle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕雷托法則／帕雷托法则 (Pàléituō fǎzé)

• Czech: Paretův princip m
• Esperanto: principo de Pareto
• Finnish: Pareton periaate (fi)
• Russian: при́нцип Паре́то m (príncip Paréto)