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In this tutorial, you will lean a quick way to calculate percentages in Excel, find the basic percentage formula and a few more formulas for calculating percentage increase, percent of total and more. Continue reading →

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  1. Hello,

    I am looking to get a work load / utilization percentage formula depending how many tasks certain employees are assigned to. I have a list of names of all the employees in column M (drop down menu). I am looking to find, how many times they come up within that column and what percent of utilization they are at depending on how many assignments there are assigned to and display that in column P.

  2. Hello, I am looking to get the percentage of a product(s) that was allocated to specific companies in a range of weeks, and then comparing to other range of weeks to know which products in difference were allocated. I have my worksheet set up in the following manner:
    The Product and Companies are in Columns (each Company has its respective product) and in the rows I have the weeks and value allocated to each. I need to find the % certain products were allocated.

    I hope I was able to explain it. Thank you for your help.

  3. Hello. I am making a simple spreadsheet to enable me to quote customers. I have it laid out as follows:

    In column A: Column B will hold the variable information, eg:

    A1: Quantity B1: 1.000
    A2: Our buying price B2: 110.00
    A3: Margin (in %) B3: 81.82%
    A4: Our selling price B4: 200.00
    A5: Margin (£'s) B5: £90.00

    I have set this up so that B3 is automatically calculated based on the contents of B2 and B4. That is: B3=(B4-B2)/B2*100

    I am having to put the selling price in first, in order to calculate the margin percentage.

    However! I would also like to be able to enter the margin percentage (B3) first, and have it generate my selling price (B4), based on cost price (B2). But I can't figure out how to do this.

    In other words, I would like it to perform both operations: Allow me to manually enter our selling price, and automatically show me margin %, and vice versa - allow me to manually enter a margin %, and automatically show me the selling price.

    Is this something anybody can help with?

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Hi!
      You cannot perform these two operations at the same time using the usual Excel tools, since you cannot write a value and a formula in a cell at the same time. Your task can be accomplished with a VBA macro.

  4. Hi, looking for help attempting to calculate % total from two filters (texts) I am using within my column.
    It's for my work to know how many colleagues are using annual leave and flexi days combined.

    Along top Row of my excel is Monday to Sunday and columns the name of colleagues.
    I want to know at the bottom of the Columns how many people are on Annual Leave and Flexi days using a % for that day of total workforce.

    My filters contain start times, finish times, Annual Leave, Flexi and Finish Times etc.

    Thanks
    Derrick

      1. Hello, I have two rows, one row says 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, which represent deposit amounts. Below this row shows percentage of the deposits made by customer: for ex. particular customer deposited 5 times, 3 out of which was 10$, so he places 10$ most frequently. Now I want a formula to give me number with the highest percentage below. I mean the formula which will give me number 10. I hope I managed to explain.

        1. Hello!
          If I understand your task correctly, find the maximum number using the MAX function. Find the position of this number and extract the corresponding value with INDEX MATCH functions.

          =INDEX(A1:E1,MATCH(MAX(A2:E2),A2:E2,0))

          I hope my advice will help you solve your task.

          1. Thank u very much.

  5. Hi, if I have 10 columns of numbers together with 1 column indicating the total number of the 10 added up, is there a faster way to find the percentage of each over the total sum? Hope to get help as I have many % to be counted over the total sum.. Thank you.

  6. Hi, I would like to build an excel for different pourcentages applied to a different range of value:
    If 0 to 55000 apply 0.5%
    55,000.01 to 25000 apply 1%
    250,000.01 to 400000 apply 1.5%
    400,000.01 to $2,000,000.00 apply 2%
    if over $2,000,000: apply 2.5%

    How can i do that properly?
    Thank you!

      1. Hi thank you very much, i tried this reading the article but it doesn't return the right pourcentage. =IF((B4=55000.01, B4=250001, B4=400001, B42000000), "")))) do you know why?

        1. Found the solution thank you !

          =IF((B4=55000.01, B4=250001, B4=400001, B42000000), ""))))

  7. I need my excel sheet to average a set of numbers as follows: the percent of numbers at or above 70 in a single column.

    For example: If my numbers in the column are- 100, 70, 20, 50, 85, 65...what is the percentage of numbers at or above 70.

    I know how to calculate this by hand, but is there a way for excel to calculate this?

    1. Hello!
      You can determine the percentage of values less than 70 and greater than 70 using the FREQUENCY formula -

      =FREQUENCY(A1:A10,69)/COUNT(A1:A10)

      Or use COUNTIF function to count the number of values greater than 70 -

      =COUNTIF(A1:A10,">=70")/COUNT(A1:A10)

      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  8. HI
    I WANT TO NOW THE PERCENTAGE BUT THERE IS SUM CONDITIONS. 1, IF THERE IS DATE ITS MEAN WORK DONE. 2 IF THE CELL IS BLANK ITS MEAN WORK TO BE DONE . IF THE CELL HAS "NA" MEAN NO PERCENTAGE REQUIRED.
    CELL A1 CELL B1 CELL C1 CELL D1
    22.2.22 22.2.22 22.2.22 100% (RESULT SHOULD BE) D1/3
    " " NA 22.2.22 50% (RESULT SHOULD BE) D1/2 BECAUSE NA REMOVE IN PERCENTAGE PART
    " " " " 22.2.22 33.33% (RESULT SHOULD BE) D1/3 BECAUSE WORK DONE IS 1/3
    NA NA NA 0.00% (RESULT SHOULD BE 0 BECAUSE NA IS EXEMPTED IN PERCENTAGE

  9. Hi!
    I have a column (Column A) with current year's sales per month and total.
    In Column B I have calculated the % of sales attributed to each month (giving a total of 100%).
    In Column C I want to calculate the value amount of sales for next target year (I have the overall target for the year) based on the same % per month as current year.
    e.g. (Column A) Jan 2021 Sales = 2055 (cell A1); Feb 2021 Sales = 1908 (cell A2) etc giving a total for 2021 of 21619 (cell A13)
    (Column B) (rounded to 0 decimal place %) Jan = 10% (cell B1); Feb = 9% (cell B2) etc
    (Column C) The overall target total is 24200 (cell C13). What formula to use to get Jan 2022, i.e. 10% of 24200 and Feb 2022, i.e. 9% of 24200
    Thanks

    1. Hi!
      Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above – Calculating amount and total by percentage.

      =B1*$C$13

      Try to enter the following formula in cell C1 and then copy it down along the column. Use an absolute reference to the target total cell.

      1. Thank you so much - I had an incorrect (historic) number format in my destination cells. Your explanation was excellent and worked wonderfully. Thank you again!

  10. Question is:

    Condition - order should be supllied within 48 hours (2 days)
    Need to calculate the percentage for the amount of orders supllied within 48 hours to see if I am keeping the markup of 90%. Can I know what is the formula to get the calculations between the ordered date and date received with the number of orders.

  11. Hi!
    I need to find the percentage that $435 is in $2500 but my assessment states that I need to use an Excel formula. What formula do I use?

  12. Hi! Is there a way or a formula of highlighting the values using conditional formatting per say less than 10% of the total without having to calculate the percentages beforehand and a separate row or a column for percentage?

  13. I am trying to find the % of present attendance I have the names going down and the months across. I put an X if they are present at a meeting. At the end I have the total number of meetings they were present at. I need the formula to give me the % of meetings they were present at. so if total is 7 meetings present (column N12) how do I get the % of 7 meetings our of 12. Hope this makes since. Not sure if it does!

  14. In column one I have one date and in column two I have another date (which is later in time than the date in column one). Column three needs to reads 50% when column one date has been reached and 100% when column two date has been reached. What would be the formula for column three.

      1. This is perfect thanks! I am adding to this question
        C2 D2 E2 F2
        Last year's Drill Drill #1 Date Drill #2 forcasted Date Conformance %
        5/5/2022 5/30/2022 50.00%
        I need to show when we are within 6 months of last years drill dates. D2 has to be within 6 months of C2. When D2 is completed within 6 months of C2 I would like D2 cell to turn green. When D2 date is 30 days out from hitting the size month mark and has not been complete I would like the cell to turn yellow. If the C2 date is equal to or past the D2 date I would like the D2 cell to turn red.

          1. I got the cell to turn red and the cell read "false" but I could not keep the date in the cell. How would I keep the color in the cell and keep the date?

              1. Column A has a date, column B has a future date from column A. When column A date is a month away from column B date, I need column B cell to show yellow. When column A date matches column B date or go passed column B date I need column B cell to show red.

  15. Hello,

    I am trying to provide a percentage from column B divided by column A giving the resulted percentage of blanks in column B. What would be the formula for this?

    Thank you.

  16. Hello!

    I have exported a customers account activity to excel. one of the columns is for Drop ship (or DS). This is when we are shipping a product to a third party for our customer instead of shipping it directly to our customer. Every row representing an invoice for this customer either has a DS or is blank in this DS column. how do I calculate the percentage of Drop ships vs. none Drop ships at the bottom??

  17. Hello, I'm trying to figure out how likely an event might happen given a string of prior events. Let's say player A has been selected in 10 drafts (2 player taken, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 1st, 3rd, 4th and 1st). I want to know what draft slot would he still be available in 90% of drafts, 75% of drafts, 50%, 25% and 10%. How can I do this in excel? Math is hard, Thanks!

      1. Hello Alexander, thank you for responding. I am not sure of the sequence of calculations, that's what I am hoping to get help with. I am trying to recreate some work I found online by an amazing fantasy baseball writer. He pulled data from several types of leagues, they differ in the types of scoring used to the amount of teams in the league. I am only pulling the data that most resembles the league I play in. From the data he was able to determine what pick players might be drafted in future drafts. For instance in 90% of drafts such and such player would still be available pick 3, in 75% of drafts they might still be available pick 5 and so on. I tried to use the PROB function but I wasn't sure how to set it up. I kept getting the #N/A error. Is this enough information to help?

  18. Hi, I have a list of products that are different days old (manufactured on different stages)
    I want to calculate out of this list what percentage of the products are between10 and 20 days old, 20 and 30days old etc. What formula can I use?

    For instance:
    Product 1 - 10 days
    Product 2 - 11 days
    Product 3 - 12 days
    Product 4 - 20 days
    Product 5 - 22 days
    Product 6 - 31 days

    Would I be able to use a formula to calculate the % of products between 10 - 20days and 20 - 30 days etc.
    Easy enough if sitting with say 6 products but not so easy if 1000's of products.

    Thanks!

    1. Hello!
      The formula below will do the trick for you:

      =FREQUENCY(A1:A10,D1:D4)/COUNT(A1:A10)

      A1:A10 - your data (days)
      D1:D4 - grouping value range (9, 19, 29,39)
      Set formula cells to percentage format.

  19. hello sir, i want to ask you something. if i have value like 50 how much it will be 100%. what formula do i need for this one?

  20. Hi, Can you help me calculate a running/cumulative percentage? Meaning if I took a price increase of 4% in April, a 6% price increase in June, 0% price increase in November and a 7% price increase in December. How can I calculate the total % of the increase in a year? I cannot just total them up. But I don't know how to create the formula that builds them up to the correct %. I'd like to create the formula for a 12 month period, where some months took 0% for certain products.

    Thanks

  21. Good job,pease I have an inventory stock project,please help me out on ho to calculate 30%, here is the sample ( goods is sold at 450 in cell A, now how do I subtract 30% from 450 in Xcel thanks

    1. Hi!
      Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above - How to increase / decrease a number by percentage.

  22. Hello,

    I have a series of numbers.
    D2 = 50
    D6 = 5
    E2 = 25
    E6 = 10
    F2 = 32
    F6 = 15

    first I am doing this =sum(D6*D2)+(E2*E6)+(F2*F6)

    Now, I need to subtract 18% of E6 before I can multiply E2*E6

    I have tried numerous way with no success. Like: =sum(D6*D2)+((E2-18%)*E6)+(F2*F6)

    Can you help?

  23. help needed!!
    what formula do I use if to work out the percentage of complaints per 100,000 customers

    info

    week 1 - 655235 customers with 45 complaints
    week 2 - 698465 customers with 48 complaints
    and so on and so on......

    thank you in advance

  24. I am trying to come up with a formula for positive time stats. I’ve downloaded the report from Cognos that breaks down each time status used in the system and I I want to be able to convert specific cells “stats” minutes into percentages of total minutes worked. I want to use this to help with time management. Any ideas?

    Using simple formula for positive time stat: active minutes (450) /total minutes worked (510) *100

    1. Hi!
      I don't know how you define active minutes. But I think that you can use the SUMIF function to count active minutes. I can't give you more specific advice because I don't have more information from you.

  25. I have total costs of each individual job task for a single Purchase Order Value for work to be performed. I have to charge 10.2% tax total for the entire job but need to show breakdown of tax per individual job task. All of my totals in Row 6 have to be taxed at 10.2% in equal increments. Not all scenarios will have require all job tasks so I would also need to exclude any costs of $0. TIA

    1. Hello!
      You can get a list of tasks for an individual job that has a cost greater than 0 using the FILTER function. For detailed instructions, see this article: Filter with multiple AND criteria.
      I hope it’ll be helpful. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  26. Hello,
    I am trying to come up with I believe a variance to a goal, which is a percent. The goal is 10% of the total number of boxes.
    So let’s say I have column A as total boxes, column b is the variance (what I’m trying to figure out) and column c is the goal 10%.
    I’m trying to make this to where I can make it as simple as possible, because I will be editing this daily.
    Thank you

      1. I’m not sure how else to explain it to be honest. So I’m in sales and I track multiple metrics at a time. One of the metrics that I track is total amount of (a). The goal of (a) varies monthly. I will also track (b) the goal for (b) is 10% of the total of (a). What I am trying to figure out is the difference or variance of the goal of (b) which is 10% of the total (a) sold.
        So how many more (b) needs to be sold to reach goal, or how many above goal we are.

        Idk if that is any easier or not. Thank you for trying though

        1. Hi!
          If I understand correctly, then you can calculate how much is left to achieve the goal of 10% using the formula

          =A1*10% - B1

          B1 is current sales.

  27. I have two columns H1 and F1. If H1 = 90 and F1= 40 and I want to calculate 40 out of 90 as a percentage then would it be correct to write 40/90*100 as a formula (i.e. H1/F1*100) or is there any other alternative?

  28. I want the percentage of group of number not two I don’t understand

  29. Can i use direct formula for percentage.

  30. Hello there! Can i get your help please!
    What if i need to multiply gross salary of my employees based on their gender.
    For example.
    I need to multiply gross salary where gender=female by 5% and where gender is male by 4%.. Is it possible?
    I tried this ?way but, not work
    =if(c3=F, (g3)*5% ,if(c3=m, (g3)*4%))

  31. Hi! I would like to know how to compute this kind of formula
    $40 x.20 + $40 = $48
    is it possible?
    Thank you!

  32. THREE COLUMN

    250 620 150 28% HOW TO CALCULATE (28% IN ONE COLUMN)

    1. =coulmn*%/100+%

  33. Pls can you help me on the above list. I want to define the share of each value in % from a defined value. I have to share the whole amount of 77083 into each client based on the value they have to have a total of 100 % value share

    Value of each client Value to be shared
    88800 77083
    89400
    15000
    34800
    28200
    11400
    7800
    30600
    7200
    3600

  34. Hello, i need to calculate how many positive surveys do i need to reach 55% or more. Example:

    1 2 3 4 5 6
    A Detractors Neutral Promoters Total Client Satisfaction Promters Needed for 55% or more
    B 2 1 5 8 37.5% ????

    Formula to get Client Satisfaction
    =(B3-B1)/B4

    Hopefully you can help me on this.

    Thank you

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =ROUNDUP((D1*B1+D1+B1)/(1-D1),0)

      D1=0.55

      Excel also has a special add-in for such tasks - Solver.
      I hope I answered your question.

  35. I need help with a formula that would calculate the annual percentage market gain or loss on an investment account. The account had a positive starting balance and in addition to the market gain, there were a few deposits and withdrawals during the year just completed. I know how to make the calculation without the deposits and withdrawals but the problem I'm having is when they are included.

    Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

    Allen S.

  36. Hi there.
    I need to find a way to apply 3.3% of cell F1 into F2 for example

    F1 = £35.21
    3.3% of F1 = £1.16
    That answer £1.16 applied into cell F2

    Thank you

  37. Pls function and formula to calculate the leave grant for each employee assuming was leave with 10% salary

    1. Hi!
      To get 10%, you need to multiply the number by 10 and divide by 100. Or multiply by 0.1
      This is studied at school. This is also described in the article above.

  38. I'm looking to create a equation that will subtract multiple percentages at once.

    Example if the cost is $1000(f2), i would like to subtract 9.5% then subtract 5$ then subtract 2.9%

    sum=( f2-(f2*0.095)-5)

    is it a way for me to add the other 2.9% to this equation

  39. Hello - I hope I can explain this clearly enough - I created a pivot table which shows

    (Rows) Account Names (totaling 193 Accounts)
    (Value) Total number of programs trained, for each account
    (Grand Total) 460 programs
    I need to try and pull the percent of accounts (193) that have had only 1 program. The SUMIF formula has only calculated the percent of the program total (460) not the percent of accounts. Is there a way to calculate this using a pivot table?

  40. Hi, I dont know what formula to use:

    14-DAY AVERAGE TO GET:
    30% 50-99
    40% 100-150
    50% 151-199
    60% 200 & ABOVE

    What will be the formula if they get 146.7,

  41. I am trying to get a percent completion for specific locations on a spreadsheet. Here's the scenario: I have a spreadsheet that lists individuals at various locations, as well as the dates of task completion for those that have been done. What I am trying to find is a formula that will recognize the total numbers listed at each facility, and provide a percentage of completion by facility. For example: Column A = Location; Column B = Individual; Column C = Completion date, if applicable.

    One example might be that there are three locations - MN, CA, and WA. MN has 10 entries, with completion dates on 8 (80%); CA has 14 entries, with completion dates on 7 (50%); and WA has 20 entries, with completion dates on 15 (75%). The actual spreadsheet in question has dozens of locations or more, all with varying quantities of individuals. It is tracked on an ongoing basis, so I was hoping to find a formula that would be able to analyze the data in the facility column, recognize the totals for each facility, then take into account which ones have completion dates and provide a percentage of completion by facility. Is this possible?

    1. Hello!
      If I understood you correctly, you can use the COUNTIF function to count values by condition:

      =COUNTIF(C2:C200,">0")/COUNTIF(A2:A200,"MN")

      I hope my advice will help you solve your task.

      1. Sorry, me again. :-) I tried to play with it and see what I could do. I tried using the formula. I picked one of the facilities and updated "MN" to match the name of the facility and updated the cells to the column and rows, then updated the column and rows on the ">0"; the result was 165.7647059. I filtered and counted; there were 34 entries for the facility in question, only two of which had not been completed, so the percentage complete should've been the decimal equivalent of 32/34, which would be 0.94 (rounded). I'm not sure where the 165.7647059 came from - do you know what I might've done wrong? BTW, thank you so much for your help!

      2. That does help, thank you! I can see how that would recognize which entries matching the specific location have been completed. Is there a way to then use that to recognize the percentage completed for said facilities? I don't know, maybe another COUNTIF function that recognizes zeroes, and then utilize both of those numbers to come up with a percentage?

          1. Thank you so much! That did help tremendously! :-D You're wonderful!!

  42. Hi,

    I'm trying to figure out the following. I need to place the percentage of students who passed their test. The passing score is 80. I have a list of scores for 25 students. Below the scores, I want to put a function that tells what percent of my students scored 80 or higher on their test.

  43. Can someone assist please...

    I'm working on a spreadsheet in excel of food items and would like to see three different % for the Selling Price.
    EG. Shrimp - Cost 15.00 - Selling Price 30.00 - Food Cost % 50%
    What formula should I use to to know how much to sell the item at to get 30% 35% 40%????

    Please help!!!

  44. Hi,

    I need help coming up with a formula to calculate the following:

    Total charge =$440

    Shareholder group 1 = 51% of $440 or $224.40, then how much would the following members within group 1 owe i.e.
    - Member 1 = 26% of $224.40
    - Member 1 = 25% of $224.40

    Shareholder group 2 = 49% of $440 or $215.60
    - Member 1 = 20% of $215.60
    - Member 2 = 15% of $215.60
    - Member4 = 15% of $215.60

    Your help would be greatly appreciated :-)

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? This is something like this formula:

      =A1*0.51*0.26

    2. I solved the equation :-)

  45. How do get the percentage completed in single column. This column has over 500 entries.

    1. Hello!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? If they don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail, I’ll try to suggest a solution.

  46. I have a spreadsheet with a list of reviews done by different individuals. I am needing the spreadsheet to highlight 10% of the reviews done by each individual. For example if Robert does 22 reviews then I need it to highlight 10% of the rows that his name appears in, rounded to the next 10 so I would need it to highlight 3 rows for him.

    1. Also wanted to note that I am needing this to randomly select the 10% so that we can say we did not pick which reviews to go over and that they were selected randomly.

  47. Hi, I am trying to write a formula to cap percentage at 50%. My current formula is =(J13808K1380)/100.
    What formula would I use to cap the percentage calculation at 50%. In other words, the cell should never show more than 50% even if the true calculation is above 50%. Thanks for your help!

  48. Hi there,
    I have done it before on the old version of excel but can't figure it out on the new. I want to make a column to the right that gives 75% of the column on the left, but cannot figure out the formula. So Column B has a bunch of numbers, and column C I want to figure out what 75% of each cell is and mark it to the right.
    Thank you!

    1. Hi!
      In cell C1, write down the formula

      =B1 * 0.75

      After that, you can copy this formula down along the column.

  49. I need to find what the percentages is between a commission figure and what the payee gets paid. for example commission is 157 and full payment was 3000. What formula would I use? Thanks so much.

  50. Hi, in Cell F14 I have the result of a formula to calculate daily rates at 10% occupation for a 7 day period plus a once-off fee. In cell F15, I want to reduce the value in F14 by 25% (discount). In cell F16 i want reduce the result in F15 by a further 10% (a further discount).

    Formula in F14: =SUM($C6*$D$3)*$F$2%+D$6
    (C6 = Rate, D3=7Days, F2= 10% Occupancy, D6= Once-off Fee).

    What would the formulas in F15 and F16 be?

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