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In Microsoft Excel there are a handful of different functions for calculating the average for a set of numeric values. Moreover, there is an instant non-formula way. In this article, you will find a quick overview of all the methods illustrated with examples of use and best practices. Continue reading →

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  1. Hello,
    I need your help, one excel in this formula use, after use this formula i am unable to use this formula.
    =IF(F7<1,"87",IF(F7<2,"85",IF(F7<3,"82",IF(F7<4,"82",IF(F7<5,"78",IF(F7<6,"75",IF(F7<7,"72")))))))

    Please help

  2. I am working working on data in 2 sheets with similar dimensions.
    The data is for many countries, and stretches over 22 years.
    Sheet 1 categorises data into 3 codes: 0, 1, 2 (0=not traded at all; 1=traded at begining; and 2=not traded in the last 2 years)
    Sheet 2 contains values values (exports) corresponding to cartegories 0, 1 and 2.

    Now, I would like to find average values for each cartegory. In other words I am trying to find the average for Cartegory 0; Cartegory 1 and Cartegory 3. How do I find the average.

    I appreciate your help.
    Thank you.

  3. I've got an averages calculation with every other non-adjacent cell
    =AVERAGE(B5,D5,F5) etc currently up to SN5 which is 255 numbers. When I try to add the next one in, I keep getting "You've entered too many arguments for this function" but there are no arguments, it's just an average. I've checked to make sure there are no cells in the calculation that shouldn't be there, and everything looks as it should be. Is there a maximum on the number of data cells in an averages calculation? Surely not? Please help!!

  4. Hi!

    I have a daily work in regards with excel, we had an instruction that goes like this "If the sale of this person is below the average of everyone, the commission must be 5%, and 10% if above the average all.
    In the column, the result must be either 5% or 10%." I really am having a hard time using the right formula.
    Hoping for your positive response.

    Thank you!

  5. please sir i need a formulas basic because i learned first time but i want to learned excel formula

  6. Hi Oscar,
    My is Pablo and I would like to ask you about this situation. I have got a column with several values and some of them are zeros. As they are dB measurements this is the array formula I use to get the average: =10*LOG(AVERAGE(10^(C3:C66/10)))

    My problem is that I am trying to get with a formula that does not take in account the zeros.

    I have tried the next formula but it seems that does not work for my situation: =10*LOG(AVERAGEif(C3:C66,"0",[10^(C3:C66/10)]))

    It would be very apprecited if you could give me a hint to solve this problem.

    Thank you in advance,

    Pablo.

  7. I have multiple columns of dates in excel and am trying to find an average of workdays between the columns. I want Sheet1 to be my trending sheet and Sheet2 to be the data sheet. Column R: Receipt Date, Column S: Processed Date, Column T: Routed Date, Column U: Approved Date. I want the average over the entire columns. Because they are lifecycle dates, some cells may be blank. For example, something may be processed but not yet routed, another item may be processed, routed, and approved, etc.

    I need the calculation to show me overall for those items that are both (for example) received and processed, how many days on average it takes to complete processing once the item has been received, etc. (excluding blanks e.g. those items that have neither been received or processed and received but not yet processed)

    Right now my calculation is just looking at Column S17:T24 (for troubleshooting and testing) on Sheet 2 and it's "mostly" working and correct but not fully. Once it's fully working and correct I want to move the calculation off to the trending sheet and refer back to the data sheet.

    So I have two issues:
    1.) I need the calculation to be fully correct.
    2.) I need it to be able to refer successfully to another worksheet in the same workbook.

    Any help you can provide would be glorious beyond measure!

    My current calculation is: {=AVERAGE(IF(NETWORKDAYS(S17:S24+0,T17:T24+0)>0,NETWORKDAYS(S17:S24+0,T17:T24+0),-1))}

  8. I was able to use your help to write a rolling average of my income for the past year, thanks a bunch!

  9. I need help with the following formula. Any suggestions would be appreciated. =AVERAGEIFS(E:E,"=<99.9",M:M,"*A-Shift*")

  10. Dear Svetlana,

    Thks for your update.

    I learned some shortcuts. I would like to learn the Macro as well. I hope u can suggest better way to learn the Macro.

    Kind Regards,
    Ram.

  11. i need Average
    =AVERAGEIF('(Sheet 1)'!A1,'(Sheet 2)'!A1,">1%")
    but this formula not put what i do? i need Average different sheets and i want to 0 no count in average.
    Like= 0,11,0 =11 Average
    in this condition 0 value no coun

  12. Now any input for Max (IF) formula:

    =MAX(IF('sheet1'!A:A=J4,'sheet1'!T:T))

    In above formula, it consider the Max in column T, by returning name "Truck" in column A. // J4=Truck

    Now, if I want to add that dates frame (formula part), how should I go through:

    'sheet1'!B:B,">="&P2,'sheet1'!B:B,"<="&P3

    P2= Start date
    P3= End date

    Thanks in advance for your input.

    1. Hello,

      Please try the following formula:

      =MAXIFS('sheet1'!T:T, 'sheet1'!A:A, J4, 'sheet1'!B:B, ">="&P2, 'sheet1'!B:B, "<="&P3)

      Hope it will help you.

  13. Supper thanks finally works :)
    an error (,) somewhere in formula :) :) :)

  14. Hello,
    All checked and good to go, but still shows #DIV/0! error instead of 2.53 which I calculated manually.
    Any other input or any other way to write the formula.
    Cheers,

  15. I have a formula which is like this

    =AVERAGEIF('sheet1'!A:A,"Truck",'sheet1'!V:V)

    which is take the average of all data in column V (sheet1) based on all info related to the Truck in column A.

    Now, I want this formula to read the same information but by consider a range of dates in between 1st of October to 15th (I have dates in Column B in the same sheet1).

    The formula I created for the second part is like this, but can not merge it to the first part:

    'sheet1'!B:B,">="&P2,'sheet1'!B:B,"<="&P3

    P2= Start date
    P3= End date

    1. Hello,

      Please try the following formula:

      =AVERAGEIFS('sheet1'V:V,'sheet1'A:A,"Truck",'sheet1'B:B," > ="&P2,'sheet1'B:B," < ="&P3)

      Hope it will help you.

      1. Hello and Thanks for your feedback,
        It apparently do something, but gave me #DIV/0! error, it should give me a 2.53.

        Any input?

        1. Hello,

          Please check the following:
          1 The ">=" и "<=" conditions in the formula don't contain any spaces.
          2 The P2 and P3 cells in your table contain dates.
          3 The 'sheet1'!V:V range for calculating an average value is not empty or doesn’t contain text values.
          4 The 'sheet1'!A:A and 'sheet1'!B:B ranges with selection criteria are not empty as well.

  16. hi Svetlana
    can you please tell me if you can do a similar formula when you need to calculate a nested 'min if' formula and need to ignore the blank cells. This is because when I have blank cells in array of data, the result I get for min if is a blank.
    Would really appreciate you help on this
    many thanks
    Rosh

  17. Can someone help me figure out what is wrong with this function:

    {=AVERAGE(IF(CementByRegion!B3:B42,Sheet1!J20,CementByRegion!C3:G42))}

    J20="Text" that shows up in column "B". I'm trying to do an average of data in more than one column.

    1. Hello,

      I believe this will do :)
      =AVERAGEIF(CementByRegion!B3:B42,"="&Sheet1!J20, CementByRegion!C3:G42)

  18. Would you please help me calculate the average of the number of households who treat water per each health volunteer for a duration of 3 months?

  19. =AVERAGE(IF($C$5:$C$310="ACC",$E$5:$E$310,""""))

    In this if there is zero value & either cell is blank in E5 to E310 then value should not be count.
    "c" "D" "E" "F"
    ACC 3200 120 190
    ACC 3201
    ACC 3400 180 200
    ACC 3200
    ACC 2989 140 220
    ACC 3000
    ACC 3050 135 210

    Avg of (190,200,220 & 210) showing 82.1

    Pls suggest

  20. could you help me to calculate the mean with specific interval in excel.
    I have daily data of rainfall for 30 years from that how could i calculate weekly mean easily

  21. Dear Svetlana & Community,
    thanks for the great tutorials.
    I am trying to average a selection of non-continous columns, all titled "kcal in".
    I have set the columns DF2:XA2 as the range, which is the title column. "kcal in" is the crietria and DF4:$XA$435 is the average of all kcal in in the DF4 row. I can drag the formula down to obtain the average for rows DF5 etc.

    =AVERAGEIF($DF$2:$XA$2, "kcal in", DF4:$XA$435)

    This works well, however, I am trying to exclude any 0 values in row DF4 from the average and I am not sure where to put this criterion.
    Many thanks in advance for your help

    1. Found the answer here myself :)
      =AVERAGEIFS(DF6:XA6,$DF$2:$XA$2,"kcal in",DF6:XA6,">0")

      Adapted from your explanation

      Average_range is DF6:XA6 (the row you want to average if both conditions are met);
      Criteria_range1 is $DF$2:$XA$2 (the head column, range fixed with dollar sign) and criteria1 is "kcal in"(allowing to average non-continuous columns)
      Criteria_range2 is DF6:XA6 (the row you want to average) and criteria2 is ">0". (values of 0 are excluded)

      Thanks for the great site, finally my mind can rest :D

  22. Hi , i am trying to find an average based on criteria :

    Example 1 : A1 = 3, E1=2 , J1 = 10, My answer will be A1+E1+J1/3 = 5.

    Example 2 A1 = 3, E1 = 3, J1 = -, My answer will be A1+E1+J1/3 = 3.

    Example 3 A1 = -, E1 = -, J1 = -, My answer should be A1+E1+J1/3 = 0.

    Example 1 and 2 is Ok, Where as in example 3 am getting error #DIV/0! instead of this i need 0 in the box.

    Thanks in advance

    1. Hi,
      please note that empty cells are ignored by AVERAGE function.
      Try entering zero (0) in the cells, if you want zero to return.

      Hope it helps!

  23. Hi , i am trying to find an average but only based on a certain number of cells in a range. I want to leave the full range in place for the Average formula , but only use part of it based on criteria :

    Example : Range A1:M1 carries a forecast of values at start of a Quarter. Three weeks into the Quarter , I then update with Actuals into Cells A1 , B1 , C3 (i.e. i have input 3 cells with Actuals.)

    Now i want the average formula for A1:R1 to only use the first 3 cells (which are the Actuals now and the remainder are the Forecast) in my result.

  24. hi, i need to get the average of below data but it seems like im having problem, just one category from type is getting. THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE:)

    here's my formula: =AVERAGEIFS(D:D,B:B,"prior20",C:C,"cavite",E:E,{"crtfixed","crtvoice","rbg-crt"})

    A B C D
    date area ave type
    prior20 cavite 10 crtfixed
    prior20 cebu 9 crtvoice
    prior20 makati 8 rbg-crt
    prior20 cavite 7 crtfixed
    prior20 cebu 6 crtfixed
    prior20 makati 5 crtvoice
    prior20 cavite 4 rbg-crt
    prior20 cebu 3 crtfixed
    beyond luzon 2 crtfixed
    prior20 makati 5 crtvoice
    prior20 cavite 4 rbg-crt
    prior20 cebu 3 crtfixed

    1. Hi Mitch,
      try this formula:

      =SUM(SUMIFS(D:D,B:B,"prior20",C:C,"cavite",E:E,{"crtfixed","crtvoice","rbg-crt"}))/SUM(COUNTIFS(B:B,"prior20",C:C,"cavite",E:E,{"crtfixed","crtvoice","rbg-crt"}))

  25. I want to auto calculate average of every five cells of a column to another column. I have daily rainfall data for 30 years but I want average of every 5 days of each year.

  26. I have the monthly production but I want to average the documents processed by user per hour
    I have following information:
    User name Posting Date Time Document no.
    1 1/17/2017 13:53:27 xxxxx
    1 1/18/2017 9:24:29 xxxxx
    2 1/17/2017 15:05:30 xxxxx
    3 1/20/2017 12:09:51 xxxxx
    4 1/01/2017 12:09:52 xxxxx
    5 1/31/2017 08:30:20 xxxxx

    hour
    have a file with the monthly production and I´m trying to average the invoices process by user per day

  27. Hi Team Ablebits,

    can i use AverageIf function for the criteria by font color?

  28. 2001 8.5
    2002 9
    2003 10
    2004 18
    2005 16
    2006 10
    2007 11
    2008 16.25
    2009 14.15
    2010 15.5
    2011 25
    2012 15.5
    2013 15.35
    2014 13.65
    2015 11.86
    2016 5.15

    i want to calculate the average among the years like 2003-2009 or 2011-2015 etc.
    from: 2003 is one cell
    to: 2009 is on cell

    i m using =AVERAGEIFS(B7:B22,A7:A22,B30&"=>"&"="&B31)
    BUT NOT ANSWERING, PLEAE HELP ME IN THIS MATTER.

  29. I want to average multiple cells in a row for each task and then copy down the formula rows below. Each cell has a text value which first needs to be converted to number and then the average calculated. E.g. A1="Start" (which equals 0; B1="Mid Point" (which equals 50) and C1="End" and then Column D1=Average(A1:C1) = ((0+50+100)/3)=50. Formula should work for a range of cells without including the condition (if cell="Start",0,if(cell="Mid Point",50,100))for A1,B1...M1 separately.

  30. I need formula to calculate this data
    67 87 86 57 97 86 54 87
    determine if the candidate pass PR not if the average score is 55

  31. I am using an AVERAGEIF formula using ranges that have been rounded up and down. When I evaluate my formula the range changes from say 9.0 to 8.999999999 which then means the formula produces a #DIV/0! value.

    Can you help with sorting this out please?

    1. Sorry, that should have read AVERAGEIFS

      Cheers

  32. Hi, Could you please tell me how can i calculate average excluding blank boxes in excel?

    1. Hi!

      By default, the Excel Average function excludes blank cells from an average, though cells with zero values are included.

  33. Hi,
    I want to do average of the values using averageif formulae, these values contain 0 also but I want to exclude these Os from the formula.
    Please suggest which formula to use.

    1. Hello Avnish,

      Use the AVERAGEIFS function and include "is not equal to 0" ("<>"&0) as one of the criteria.

  34. Helo every one.
    I'm trying to ge the average for a type of subscription that has 2 names (both are in the same column):
    Sub1 and Sub2
    (I would like the average for both types together)
    However, I also want to restrict to the length of time the subscription has been held ie between two values, say 1 - 3 months.
    I think what I'm after is getting the average for OR, and then an AND

    Regards

    Karon

  35. For relative newcomers or those returning after a long period of non use of Excel, it might have been better to keep it really simple.
    I thought it would be straight forward but alas despie reading several internet "help" sources I am no nearer to doing something very simple.
    I just have about 650 temperature readings in a column of several thousand.
    The range of the 650 is contiguous. I wast the arithmetic average.
    "Average(C68:C720)" was the formula I attempted but nothing happens when I press enter.
    If it's easy why does this not work, & why if there is "a secret" is it not mentioned?

  36. I have the following formula which works perfectly, however if the lookup value returns no data, I want it to average cells in the previous five rows. Can you help me with a formula to make it work? I have excel 2010

    =+IFERROR(VLOOKUP($A6,$A$4:$N$34,9,0),0)

  37. Start Down time End Down Time
    11:00 AM 11:05 AM
    1:00 PM 1:10 PM
    2:30 PM 2:45 PM

    Q Write a function in highlighted green cell to get average down time.

  38. I have this formula:

    =IFERROR(AVERAGEIFS(Data!G:G,Data!B:B,">=7/1/2016",Data!B:B,"<=7/31/2016",Data!E:E,'Pareto Osmosis'!A33),"-")

    I need that this formula change the values of the month that i have in the archive (with respect to column), and, i want to do a little macro to update to the next month. What do i need to do?

  39. =AVERAGEIF(Q2:Q3304, Q2, H2:H3304)
    The above formula works for the first of 3304 rows of data. I need to copy the formula down to average the remainder of the scores on each row. I need the middle indicator "Q2" to change based on the row number, but I need the other values to remain the same Q2:Q3304 and H2:H3304.

    When I copy the rows down, it wants to change the beginning row for each line.
    Ex:
    Coping down incorrectly changes it to: =AVERAGEIF(Q3:Q3305, Q3, H3:H3305)--
    I need it to be: =AVERAGEIF (Q2:Q3304, Q3, H2:H3304)

    Is there a way to do this? Please assist.
    Thank you!

  40. I still dont have the answer which l am looking for:

    I need a function as if 5 Days average of a certain is 59% and the sixth day l add 30% manually so then its 50% how to bring this in a function

  41. I really like excel, I always try to something new and to learn and this for svetlana Cheusheva...

  42. Hi,

    Within Cells A33:A151, I have options of saying either "LISTING" or "DBL END".

    In cell N152, my current formula is as follows:
    =AVERAGEIF(A33:A151,"LISTING",N33:N151)

    This formula works, however, I am having trouble writing the formula so that when a cell within A33:A151 says "DBL END" (as opposed to "LISTING"), Cell N152 still calculates accordingly.

    Thanks.

  43. Hi I want include the Zeros between Feb to Aug and exclude the other Zeros for Calculating the Average
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Average
    0 505 0 0 346 0 ??

  44. I'm try to create a formula that takes a percentage in four cells per page up to 6 pages. So with a possibility of 24 total entries. that I fill in weekly. Lets say I only have 18 entries that week. So I will like the formula to see that there is only 18 entries and give me the average percentage on those 18 entries not the total 24, the rest will be zero. In the current page the cells are position in (H18,B18,B5,H5) location.

  45. Hi

    How can I make the averageifs between two dates work if the average range and the criteria range are in different tabs to the date references?

    =AVERAGEIFS('Timeliness SP'!$D$2:$D$10000,'Timeliness SP'!$AM$2:$AM$10000,">="&B66,'Timeliness SP'!$AM$2:$AM$10000,"<"&B67)

    This returns Div/0 but if I look at only one date (there are multiple items per date) then it works fine.

    Thanks for any help!

  46. 80 Fail 92 Pass #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

    How get the average and sum this range ?
    Please suggest me Pls

  47. Good morning,

    We are trying to use the averageifs function over an array of number from C2:O1090 - is this possible as all examples point to a column average only?

    Thank you.

    1. Hello Jackie,

      Thank you for your question! Until now I haven't realized that all the examples in this tutorial are for a column average, maybe because it's the most typical task.

      In fact, you can supply absolutely any range to your Average formula, and even several ranges or individual cells separated by commas. So, the following formula will work just fine:
      =AVERAGE(C2:O1090)

      1. Is there any way to use the range in AVERAGEIFS? I have a block of data and need to take the average based on a column criteria and row criteria. Thanks.

  48. A 55
    B 60
    A
    B 20
    A
    B 30
    A 20
    AVERAGE

  49. I am working with data spread over 30years and need to find the average for figures which are above 0.5 in the data. I have tried using the averageifs but keeps receiving error message. Attached is a screen shot. Kindly advice how i can proceed.

    YEAR MONTH DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6
    1972 01 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
    1972 02 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
    1972 03 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 2,5 0,0
    1972 04 0,0 25,2 0,0 0,0 0,0 59,4
    1972 05 0,0 0,0 34,0 1,0 0,0 0,0
    1972 06 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
    1972 07 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
    1972 08 0,0 0,0 0,3 0,5 0,3 0,0
    1972 09 0,0 0,0 0,0 20,3 0,0 0,3

  50. Hello,

    I need to find the average but I need the average of the values between two other values, this lasts change with every new range

    Thanks,

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