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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. 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!!

  2. 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.

  3. 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!!!

  4. 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 :-)

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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!

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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?

  11. Hi guys, please I need your help. How would you carry out something like this on excel:

    3500 (from cell E8) divided by 4000 (from cell D3) * 100.

    How would I do this if I need to keep dividing other cell contents by the content in cell D3?

  12. Hi I am trying to get a balance qty and the want to increase that projection by 10%
    So I am Doing = ( A2 -B2) *(1.1) Not getting the right answer. Lets Say =(10-5)*(1.1) i should get 5.5 but i am not getting the right answer what formula should i use.

  13. I'm not sure this can be done....its more a logic formula.....

    but if I want to show a 1% for 200 units in a cell, what would i do?

    so 200 units would be 1%, 400 units would be 2%, etc, less than 200 would be 0%

    1. Hello!
      Based on your description, it is hard to completely understand your task. However, I’ll try to guess and offer you the following formula:

      =ROUNDDOWN(A1/200,0)/100

      In the cell with this formula, set the percentage format.

  14. Hi, i'm struggling with a formula and hope you can help...

    In cells F5:F32 I have the below percentages which are the percentage of a project completion, I now need to work out the overall project completion based on those 28 percentages so I've done =SUM(F5:F32)/28 which I believe has given me the correct answer of 32% but what if I add another value in cell F33, F34 etc, how can I change it so that the /28 is calculating the number of rows in the table automatically? I tried doing =SUM(ProjectTracker[Completion Status])/ProjectTracker[Completion Status] but I just get a #SPILL! error. I hope this makes sense. Many thanks

    F5:F32 Cell values below:
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    0%
    25%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    0%
    25%
    100%
    75%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%

  15. OK so I have this sheet I'm using to find out a total of materials needed.

    Cell M6 = Items you need
    Cell N6 = Items you have on hand
    Cell O6 = Trying to find % for what I need to get still

    I have been racking my brain and using different formulas here and I just can't get it right. I am very amateur with excel so most likely I'm just skipping an important step somewhere.

    On top of that, compound the situation. Is there a way to conditional format the cells to see %'s and colors.

    So I need Red to be 99-70% needed still
    Orange - 69-50%
    Yellow 49-20%
    Green 19-1%
    Blue - 0%

    2. Ok so I compromised by adding a 4th column for the % of remaining so I figured out it uses the New value / Old Value and then turn it into a %

  16. Hello,
    I'm not sure how can i explain this, but i will try to justify I have many lines with a different percentage, And I want to get the average percentage without including the 0%, (0% can be showed in different column either a,b,c,d) so if line nos. sample showed below, how can i get the correct formula for this?
    Line no. 1: A1=100%, B1 =75%, C1=0%, D1=90% Answer is 88.3%
    Line no. 2: A2=80%, B2=0%, C2=95%, D2=0% Answer is 87.5%

    Thank you in advance.

      1. Thank you Alexander, it's helping me a lot.

  17. I am wanting to write a formula for a S/S. I want it to pick up certain words in column C such as Robot, Ford, ABP and then calculate the discount % that should be applied to the price in column D from the RRP in column E.

    I have written this but Excel is not accepting the formula. =IF(C5="Robot"),E5*0.74) what am I doing incorrect please?

    so for example; Robot dog in column C RRP is $2660 in column E. I get 26% discount from Robot dog and I want column D to give me that discounted price.

    1. Hello!
      If I understood your description of the problem correctly, then you can calculate the discount using something like this formula:

      =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Robot",C1,1)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Ford",C1,1))),E1*0.26,E1)

      You can learn more about SEARCH function in Excel in this article on our blog.

      1. Thank you!! that is great. Is there a way to write several words with different % discounts?
        So Robot dog is 26% discount, but Ford is 37% discount and ABP is 15% discount? The above formula worked great for Robot dog but was unable to get the other discount % for Ford, ABP etc.
        :) appreciate your support and assistance.

          1. Thank you so much! you have been ever so helpful!

  18. Hi,
    I am needing to - % from RRP to find out the Sell Price.
    So RRP is in cell E5, discount is in cell I5 then I want to find Sell price in cell F5.

    I am trying =E5*(1-I5) but it isn't giving me the correct output that I get from a calculator.

    Example - on a calc 2660-10% = 2394. But on excel i am getting -23940. What am I missing in my formula please?

    thanks!

    1. Hello!
      In cell I5, write down 10%. If 10 is written in I5, then use the formula

      =E5*(100-I5)/100

      This is covered in the manual above.

  19. Please I would like to convert a 100% CA to a 40% CA so what is the formula or function required to carry out these activities. I would also like to know if excel could be used to determine the remarks and rank of an examination results

  20. any one tell me how to convert 40000 value into 30 different rows which formula i can use

  21. Please help me find my Salary's 65 % percentage and its provident fund is 8.33 %.

    for example, my salary is 700,000/- I need to know it's 65 % and 8.33% for 65 %.

  22. Dear Sir,
    Please show me the formula for following sum in excel.

    A1 = 125
    A2 = 335
    A3 = 345
    A4 = 550
    A5 = 246

    Total of A1 + A3 +A5 = 716 I know the 18% of the total 716 is 128.88, but what formula should I use in excel to get 18% figure?

  23. Please help me to find the percentage: I had 1,178 jobs and had 46 returns back to finish something. What is the percentage of my returns?

  24. Hi

    How would I work out what the overall percentage is based on team size, so team A has 9 member and produce 456 orders and team B has 22 members and produce 600. What percentage is it based on team size. The most productive team is A but what calculation would I use?

    1. Hi!
      Your question is not related to Excel. But I would suggest finding the number of orders per member. Divide 456 by 9.

  25. How to write
    Mr. Bred R Belt got 65% marks
    =TEXTJOIN (" ",TRUE,A3,B3,E3,C3,"got",D3 and more requirements

  26. Hi Pls help me out to get the value of x in Excel.
    E.G. - X + 1.25% is 150
    how to get the X?

  27. How can I calculate the 2 percentage result from my activity via excel? lets say I have 80% for written assessment under D3 then I have 70% for call assessment under G3. Whats the whats the formula for excel to get the total percentage for both? Please help

  28. Hello sir/Madam,
    in Excel sheet (%) calculation is wrong going
    example -

    L.Cost - 135
    Sales Cost - 232
    Profit - 58.19%

    now - L.Cost is 135 * 58.19% = 78.56 (135+78.56=213.56)

    and sales cost is showing 232
    Please guide how to find answer

    1. Hi!
      58.19% is a percentage of 232. Therefore, multiplying 135 by 58.19% is incorrect and does not make sense. But this has nothing to do with Excel.

  29. I want to know how to calculate the following in excel:
    I have a class of 27 students and they all achieved grades: I want to work out the percentage that got a level 9, level 8, etc.

    For example, I can then report that 28% achieved a level 9, 32% a Level 8, so on and so forth!

    1. Hello!
      To count how many students have reached level 9, use the COUNTIF function. The calculation of the percentage of this number is described in detail in this article above.
      If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  30. Hi, we have a property with our daughter purchase $635000 we have put in $325000 and daughter $310000 we are doing improvements to the property which will add to the total.
    Question. What formula would I use to show what percentage each has in the total, thanks in advance

  31. Hi!
    If I write the formula =17*0.9 into the cell, then I get the result 15.3.
    If you get 17 as a result of other calculations, then use the decimal format in the cell. You will see the number 17.33

  32. Sorry I've resolved using the ROUND formula.

  33. Please explain why in Excel if you multiply 17*0.9 = 15.6, & using a calculator = 15.3

    very frustrating when you cannot trust your excel cal?

  34. Could anybody help me please on how to work out percentage of a loan on Excel. Eg. if I have a loan at a 2.29% paying it back in 5 years with certain amount of monthly payments, I want to see on Excel how it reduces with each payment until the balance is Zero.
    Is that something someone can help me with?
    Thank you in advance.
    Evelynne

  35. How can I get the percentage of fee$10 and customer 3169?

      1. Thanks for saying that

  36. I have a task that has 15 steps to complete and this task is completed on multiple pieces of equipment. Several steps can be conducted at the same time on each piece of equipment. I want to calculate the percentage of completion for each piece of equipment. Each step is assigned a percentage based on time to complete. I want to record this in as simple way as possible. I want to assign the required percentage for each step to a field/column and then record it using 0 for 0%, 0.5 for 50% and 1 for 100% and then have the percentage complete show as a percentage in the end field/column. So if field/column C is assigned 6%, D is assigned 14%, E is assigned 4% and I enter 0.5 in C, 1 in D and 0 in E in the end field/column overall complete percentage I would get 17%. Can you please help with a formula for this?

      1. Thank you, Alexander. I'm grateful for your help and will be recommending your site to all at work.

  37. How to use the formula under this circumtance:

    If i have 100 bags which utilizes a vehicle 25% and further i add 300 more bags then how much the vehicle utilizes?

    Note: Here all three components (100 bags, vehicle utilization and new addition bags) are variable it changes with every row.

    Can you publish a formulae for this type of data? it will be very helpful.

    Peace!

  38. I need the percentage of spaces cleaned vs not clean by date. For example if on Jan 27 Door 1 was clean and Door 2 was cleaned that space was 100% cleaned.
    If Door 1 was cleaned and Door 2 was not cleaned that space was only 50% cleaned.

    Thanks.

    1. Hi,
      Sorry, I do not fully understand the task. You have not explained how the date relates to your question. If the execution of work is denoted as 0 or 1, then the formula can be

      =(A1+B1)/COUNT(A1,B1)

  39. I want to calculate price increase after 2 months given amount and percentage please how do I do it

    1. Hi,
      The information you provided is not enough to understand your case and give you any advice, sorry.
      Please provide me with an example of the source data and the expected result.

  40. how how to compute the shortages of my cashier
    60% and 40% in my supervisor.thanks for answering

  41. i WANT TO CALCULATE THE VALUE OF LET SUPPOSE a= 499 AND B=220 AND WANT TO CALCULATE MULTIPLE OF BOTH VALUES WITH 14%. PLEASE SUGGEST THE VALUE. HOPE IT MAKE SENSE.

    1. Hi,
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question

  42. how to divide percentage into two person for eg if A gets 50 % of total sales B should automatically get the 40% of total sales

    1. Hello!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =IF(B1=0.5*A1,A1*0.4,"")

      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  43. How toh calculated percentage this value 44.835 to 61.044 value .how many percentage value add toh this value 44.835 than value is 61.044

    1. Hi,
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question.

  44. Hi! how do I calculate , total manpower skill-61 persons & unskill -75 person.
    need my manpower 70% skill & 30% unskill.

  45. Hello, so I am attempting to calculate a percentage of completed task. The completed task are marked by a "1" in a specific column there are 3 column for each row. i know that what the percentage would be if only one or two task were completed ( 1 task completed = 33%, 2 completed =66%, all 3 task = 100%). A little more information; this spreadsheet is used for QC to ensure 3 task are completed for an organization. The organizations are listed vertically in the spreadsheet and three columns to the right headers are named after the task, each task once completed are marked with a one in the corresponding column/row for the organization. any help will be appreciated.

    1. Hello!
      Percentage on each line can be calculated

      =SUM(B1:D1)/3

      But I'm not sure if this is what you want. Рlease describe your task in more detail.

  46. Hi! how do I calculate14% of R74.20 using excel formula please

  47. Hi, there can anyone help me? how can I calculate Multiple merge percentage?

  48. Hi there I need to get a percentage between 2 totals that equate to 100% example..
    I need to sell 50% retail 50 % services. I would like to be able to have both totals show like this month it was 65% retail and 35% services. How do I do this formula?

    1. Hello!
      You can learn more about calculating the total in Excel on our blog. How to calculate percentages based on these results is described in detail in this article above.
      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  49. Hi I need to calculate a KPI measure on deliveries made.
    5 deliveries made 1 of those was late. KPI fail anything below 98% however it comes up 80% pass which is a fail.
    Surely this is not correct as they might as well say 100% delivery.
    I thought it should be around 98% what am I doing wrong.
    Thank you

    1. Hello!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. Please specify what you were trying to find, what formula you used and what problem or error occurred. Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
      It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you.

  50. I really love your commitment to providing me with this information.

    I just wanted to point out that you have a typo and I am not trying to be critical. But I hope these comments are taken with the best of intentions.

    Regards

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