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This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the AVERAGE function in Microsoft Excel.

Description

Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the arguments. For example, if the range A1:A20 contains numbers, the formula =AVERAGE(A1:A20) returns the average of those numbers.

Syntax

AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …)

The AVERAGE function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1 Required. The first number, cell reference, or range for which you want the average.
Number2, … Optional. Additional numbers, cell references or ranges for which you want the average, up to a maximum of 255.

Remarks

Arguments can either be numbers or names, ranges, or cell references that contain numbers.
Logical values and text representations of numbers that you type directly into the list of arguments are not counted.
If a range or cell reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.
Arguments that are error values or text that cannot be translated into numbers cause errors.
If you want to include logical values and text representations of numbers in a reference as part of the calculation, use the AVERAGEA function.
If you want to calculate the average of only the values that meet certain criteria, use the AVERAGEIF function or the AVERAGEIFS function.

Note: The AVERAGE function measures central tendency, which is the location of the center of a group of numbers in a statistical distribution. The three most common measures of central tendency are:

Average, which is the arithmetic mean, and is calculated by adding a group of numbers and then dividing by the count of those numbers. For example, the average of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 30 divided by 6, which is 5.
Median, which is the middle number of a group of numbers; that is, half the numbers have values that are greater than the median, and half the numbers have values that are less than the median. For example, the median of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 4.
Mode, which is the most frequently occurring number in a group of numbers. For example, the mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 3.

For a symmetrical distribution of a group of numbers, these three measures of central tendency are all the same. For a skewed distribution of a group of numbers, they can be different.

Tip: When you average cells, keep in mind the difference between empty cells and those containing the value zero, especially if you have cleared the Show a zero in cells that have a zero value check box in the Excel Options dialog box in the Excel desktop application. When this option is selected, empty cells are not counted, but zero values are.

To locate the Show a zero in cells that have a zero value check box:

On the File tab, click Options, and then, in the Advanced category, look under Display options for this worksheet.

Example

Copy the example data in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. For formulas to show results, select them, press F2, and then press Enter. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.

Data
10	15	32
7
9
27
2
Formula	Description	Result
=AVERAGE(A2:A6)	Average of the numbers in cells A2 through A6.	11
=AVERAGE(A2:A6, 5)	Average of the numbers in cells A2 through A6 and the number 5.	10
=AVERAGE(A2:C2)	Average of the numbers in cells A2 through C2.	19

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Mathematically speaking, “average” is used by most people to mean “central tendency,” which refers to the centermost of a range of numbers. There are three common measures of central tendency: the (arithmetic) mean, the median, and the mode. Microsoft Excel has functions for all three measures, as well as the ability to determine a weighted average, which is useful for finding an average price when dealing with different quantities of items with different prices.

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Enter the numbers you want to find the average of. To illustrate how each of the central tendency functions works, we’ll use a series of ten small numbers. (You won’t likely use actual numbers this small when you use the functions outside these examples.)
- Most of the time, you’ll enter numbers in columns, so for these examples, enter the numbers in cells A1 through A10 of the worksheet.
- The numbers to enter are 2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 16, and 19.
- Although it isn’t necessary to do this, you can find the sum of the numbers by entering the formula “=SUM(A1:A10)” in cell A11. (Don’t include the quotation marks; they’re there to set off the formula from the rest of the text.)
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Find the average of the numbers you entered. You do this by using the AVERAGE function. You can place the function in one of three ways:
- Click on an empty cell, such as A12, then type “=AVERAGE(A1:10)” (again, without the quotation marks) directly in the cell.
- Click on an empty cell, then click on the “f_x” symbol in the function bar above the worksheet. Select “AVERAGE” from the “Select a function:” list in the Insert Function dialog and click OK. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
- Enter an equals sign (=) in the function bar to the right of the function symbol. Select the AVERAGE function from the Name box dropdown list to the left of the function symbol. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
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Observe the result in the cell you entered the formula in. The average, or arithmetic mean, is determined by finding the sum of the numbers in the cell range (80) and then dividing the sum by how many numbers make up the range (10), or 80 / 10 = 8.
- If you calculated the sum as suggested, you can verify this by entering “=A11/10” in any empty cell.
- The mean value is considered a good indicator of central tendency when the individual values in the sample range are fairly close together. It is not considered as good of an indicator in samples where there are a few values that differ widely from most of the other values.

1

Enter the numbers you want to find the median for. We’ll use the same range of ten numbers (2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 16, and 19) as we used in the method for finding the mean value. Enter them in the cells from A1 to A10, if you haven’t already done so.
2
Find the median value of the numbers you entered. You do this by using the MEDIAN function. As with the AVERAGE function, you can enter it one of three ways:
- Click on an empty cell, such as A13, then type “=MEDIAN(A1:10)” (again, without the quotation marks) directly in the cell.
- Click on an empty cell, then click on the “f_x” symbol in the function bar above the worksheet. Select “MEDIAN” from the “Select a function:” list in the Insert Function dialog and click OK. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
- Enter an equals sign (=) in the function bar to the right of the function symbol. Select the MEDIAN function from the Name box dropdown list to the left of the function symbol. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
3

Observe the result in the cell you entered the function in. The median is the point where half the numbers in the sample have values higher than the median value and the other half have values lower than the median value. (In the case of our sample range, the median value is 7.) The median may be the same as one of the values in the sample range, or it may not.

1

Enter the numbers you want to find the mode for. We’ll use the same range of numbers (2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 16, and 19) again, entered in cells from A1 through A10.
2
Find the mode value for the numbers you entered. Excel has different mode functions available, depending on which version of Excel you have.
- For Excel 2007 and earlier, there is a single MODE function. This function will find a single mode in a sample range of numbers.
- For Excel 2010 and later, you can use either the MODE function, which works the same as in earlier versions of Excel, or the MODE.SNGL function, which uses a supposedly more accurate algorithm to find the mode.^[1] (Another mode function, MODE.MULT returns multiple values if it finds multiple modes in a sample, but it is intended for use with arrays of numbers instead of a single list of values.^[2])
3
Enter the mode function you’ve chosen. As with the AVERAGE and MEDIAN functions, there are three ways to do this:
- Click on an empty cell, such as A14 then type “=MODE(A1:10)” (again, without the quotation marks) directly in the cell. (If you wish to use the MODE.SNGL function, type “MODE.SNGL” in place of “MODE” in the equation.)
- Click on an empty cell, then click on the “f_x” symbol in the function bar above the worksheet. Select “MODE” or “MODE.SNGL,” from the “Select a function:” list in the Insert Function dialog and click OK. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
- Enter an equals sign (=) in the function bar to the right of the function symbol. Select the MODE or MODE.SNGL function from the Name box dropdown list to the left of the function symbol. Enter the range “A1:A10” in the Number 1 field of the Function Arguments dialog and click OK.
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Observe the result in the cell you entered the function in. The mode is the value that occurs most often in the sample range. In the case of our sample range, the mode is 7, as 7 occurs three times in the list.
- If two numbers appear in the list the same number of times, the MODE or MODE.SNGL function will report the value that it encounters first. If you change the “3” in the sample list to a “5,” the mode will change from 7 to 5, because the 5 is encountered first. If, however, you change the list to have three 7s before three 5s, the mode will again be 7.

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Enter the data you want to calculate a weighted average for. Unlike finding a single average, where we used a one-column list of numbers, to find a weighted average we need two sets of numbers. For the purpose of this example, we’ll assume the items are shipments of tonic, dealing with a number of cases and the price per case.
- For this example, we’ll include column labels. Enter the label “Price Per Case” in cell A1 and “Number of Cases” in cell B1.
- The first shipment was for 10 cases at $20 per case. Enter “$20” in cell A2 and “10” in cell B2.
- Demand for tonic increased, so the second shipment was for 40 cases. However, due to demand, the price of tonic went up to $30 per case. Enter “$30” in cell A3 and “40” in cell B3.
- Because the price went up, demand for tonic went down, so the third shipment was for only 20 cases. With the lower demand, the price per case went down to $25. Enter “$25” in cell A4 and “20” in cell B4.
2
Enter the formula you need to calculate the weighted average. Unlike figuring a single average, Excel doesn’t have a single function to figure a weighted average. Instead you’ll use two functions:
- SUMPRODUCT. The SUMPRODUCT function multiplies the numbers in each row together and adds them to the product of the numbers in each of the other rows. You specify the range of each column; since the values are in cells A2 to A4 and B2 to B4, you’d write this as “=SUMPRODUCT(A2:A4,B2:B4)”. The result is the total dollar value of all three shipments.
- SUM. The SUM function adds the numbers in a single row or column. Because we want to find an average for the price of a case of tonic, we’ll sum up the number of cases that were sold in all three shipments. If you wrote this part of the formula separately, it would read “=SUM(B2:B4)”.
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Since an average is determined by dividing a sum of all numbers by the number of numbers, we can combine the two functions into a single formula, written as “=SUMPRODUCT(A2:A4,B2:B4)/ SUM(B2:B4)”.
4
Observe the result in the cell you entered the formula in. The average per-case price is the total value of the shipment divided by the total number of cases that were sold.
- The total value of the shipments is 20 x 10 + 30 x 40 + 25 x 20, or 200 + 1200 + 500, or $1900.
- The total number of cases sold is 10 + 40 + 20, or 70.
- The average per case price is 1900 / 70 = $27.14.

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You do not have to enter all the numbers in a continuous column or row, but you do have to make sure Excel understands which numbers you want to include and exclude. If you only wanted to average the first five numbers in our examples on mean, median, and mode and the last number, you’d enter the formula as “=AVERAGE(A1:A5,A10)”.

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To calculate averages in Excel, start by clicking on an empty cell. Then, type =AVERAGE followed by the range of cells you want to find the average of in parenthesis, like =AVERAGE(A1:A10). This will calculate the average of all of the numbers in that range of cells. It’s as easy as that! For step-by-step instructions with pictures, check out the full article below!

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Функция СРЗНАЧ в Excel используется для вычисления среднего арифметического из заданного диапазона данных.

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Что возвращает функция
Синтаксис
Аргументы функции
Дополнительная информация
Примеры использования функции СРЗНАЧ в Excel

Что возвращает функция

Возвращает число, соответствующее среднему арифметическому от заданного диапазона данных.

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Синтаксис

=AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …) — английская версия

=СРЗНАЧ(число1;[число2];…) — русская версия

Аргументы функции

number1 (число1) — первое число, диапазон чисел, из которого необходимо вычислить среднее арифметическое;
[number2] ([число2]) (Опционально) — второе число, диапазон чисел, из которого необходимо вычислить среднее арифметическое. Максимальное количество аргументов функции — 255.

Дополнительная информация

Аргументами функции СРЗНАЧ (AVERAGE) в Excel могут быть числа, именованные диапазоны, ссылки на ячейки, содержащие числовые значения;
Ссылки на ячейки содержащими текст, логические значения или пустые ячейки игнорируются функцией. Вместе с тем, ячейки со значением «0» учитываются при вычислении среднего арифметического;
Учитываются логические значения и текстовые представления чисел, которые вы вводите непосредственно в список аргументов;
Аргументы с ошибками не могут быть учтены и использованы при работе функции.

Примеры использования функции СРЗНАЧ в Excel

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The AVERAGE function calculates the average of numbers provided as arguments. To calculate the average, Excel sums all numeric values and divides by the count of numeric values.

AVERAGE takes multiple arguments in the form number1, number2, number3, etc. up to 255 total. Arguments can include numbers, cell references, ranges, arrays, and constants. Empty cells, and cells that contain text or logical values are ignored. However, zero (0) values are included. You can ignore zero (0) values with the AVERAGEIFS function, as explained below.

The AVERAGE function will ignore logical values and numbers entered as text. If you need to include these values in the average, see the AVERAGEA function.

If the values given to AVERAGE contain errors, AVERAGE returns an error. You can use the AGGREGATE function to ignore errors.

Basic usage

A typical way to use the AVERAGE function is to provide a range, as seen below. The formula in F3, copied down, is:

=AVERAGE(C3:E3)

At each new row, AVERAGE calculates an average of the quiz scores for each person.

Blank cells

The AVERAGE function automatically ignores blank cells. In the screen below, notice cell C4 is empty, and AVERAGE simply ignores it and computes an average with B4 and D4 only:

However, note the zero (0) value in C5 is included in the average, since it is a valid numeric value. To exclude zero values, use AVERAGEIF or AVERAGEIFS instead. In the example below, AVERAGEIF is used to exclude zero values. Like the AVERAGE function, AVERAGEIF automatically excludes empty cells.

=AVERAGEIF(B3:D3,">0") // exclude zero

Mixed arguments

The numbers provided to AVERAGE can be a mix of references and constants:

=AVERAGE(A1,A2,4) // returns 3

Average with criteria

To calculate an average with criteria, use AVERAGEIF or AVERAGEIFS. In the example below, AVERAGEIFS is used to calculate the average score for Red and Blue groups:

=AVERAGEIFS(C5:C14,D5:D14,"red") // red average
=AVERAGEIFS(C5:C14,D5:D14,"blue") // blue average

The AVERAGEIFS function can also apply multiple criteria.

Average top 3

By combining the AVERAGE function with the LARGE function, you can calculate an average of top n values. In the example below, the formula in column I computes an average of the top 3 quiz scores in each row:

Detailed explanation here.

Weighted average

To calculate a weighted average, you’ll want to use the SUMPRODUCT function, as shown below:

Read a complete explanation here.

Average without #DIV/0!

The average function automatically ignores empty cells in a set of data. However, if the range contains no numeric values, AVERAGE will return a #DIV/0! error. To avoid this problem, you can check the count of values with the COUNT function and the IF function like this:

=IF(COUNT(range)>0,AVERAGE(range),"") // check count first

When the count of numeric values is zero, IF returns an empty string («»). When the count is greater than zero, AVERAGE returns the average. This example explains this idea in more detail.

Manual average

To calculate the average, AVERAGE sums all numeric values and divides by the count of numeric values. This behavior can be replicated with the SUM and COUNT functions manually like this:

=SUM(range)/COUNT(range) // manual average calculation

Notes

AVERAGE automatically ignores empty cells and cells with text values.
AVERAGE includes zero values. Use AVERAGEIF or AVERAGEIFS to ignore zero values.
Arguments can be supplied as constants, ranges, named ranges, or cell references.
AVERAGE can handle up to 255 total arguments.
To see a quick average without a formula, you can use the status bar.

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How to Calculate Average in Excel (With Formula Examples)

What is average? It is simply the arithmetic mean of a given set of numbers.

Averages are super easy to calculate – no doubt about that 🎉

But if your dataset gets long, it might be that easy to calculate averages manually. And who would want to spend hours on something worth a few clicks only?

Excel offers a multitude of ways to calculate averages in Excel. And we will look into them all.

So what are we waiting for? Let’s jump right into the guide below.

Also, download our free sample workbook here to tag along with the guide as you continue reading 📩

First of all other methods, Excel offers an in-built AVERAGE function to calculate averages.

Want to see how the AVERAGE function works in Excel? Let’s go 🚗

The image below shows the marks of a student in different subjects.

The total marks for all the subjects are 100. So how much did Nica score overall (on average)? To calculate that.

Activate a cell and start writing the AVERAGE function as follows:

= AVERAGE (

When you average cells in Excel, know that the AVERAGE function will ignore logical values and empty cells but include any cells containing zero values 0️⃣

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Specify the data range that is to be averaged.

= AVERAGE (B2:B7)

Pro Tip!

You can specify the data range as cell references like = AVERAGE (B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7).

Or you can write this argument as a reference to a whole cell range like = AVERAGE (B2:B7).

And if you don’t have the figures populated in cells, you can write the values inside the function yourself as = AVERAGE (10, 12).

Press Enter, and you’re good to go.

Nica scored 82 marks on average. That’s a good score by the way 🥇

Calculate the average with a formula

We’ve tried using the AVERAGE function of Excel to calculate averages. It’s now time for something more interesting.

Pro Tip!

Do you know what is meant by average? Average is the sum of a given set of numbers divided by the count of those numbers 👩‍🏫

For example, what is the average of 2,4, and 6?

Count the numbers. There are 3 of them.

Divide the sum by the count (12/3 = 4).

Can we write our formula to calculate the average in Excel? Certainly yes. Let’s again calculate the average marks for Nica with a formula.

Add up all the marks by writing the following formula.

= (B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 + B7)

Divide the formula above by the number of values.

We have 6 subject marks here, so we will divide the formula above by 6 6️⃣

= (B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 + B7) / 6

Press Enter to get the average marks as below.

82 – same as above! This tells that the AVERAGE function does nothing different than what we did above 👆

Calculate the average with the SUM and COUNT formula

The ways for calculating averages in Excel have yet not ended. You can calculate averages by combining other functions of Excel.

For example, the functions SUM and COUNT. How? Let’s see here 👀

We are again calculating the average marks for Nica (yes, once again), but this time with a different method. So let’s begin.

Write the SUM function as follows:

= SUM (B2:B7)

Summing up the frequently occurring number

The SUM function will sum up all the marks ➕

Divide the above formula by the COUNT function as follows:

= SUM (B2:B7) / COUNT (B2:B7)

The COUNT function counts the number of values in the referred cell range.

The COUNT function counts all the cells in the defined cell range. As we have defined the cell range B2:B7, it will count the cells between B2 to B7.

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Press Enter to get the following results.

And there it is! Excel computes the AVERAGE of the given numbers.

Easy, no 😍

That’s it – Now what?

And that’s how you can calculate averages in Excel. It is super simple – and now you know that too. There are multiple ways how you can calculate averages in Excel.

Using a formula, the SUM and COUNT formula, and obviously, through the AVERAGE function in Excel.

However, just like calculating averages, there’s so much more that you can do in Excel using other functions. Some of my go-to Excel functions include the VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and IF functions of Excel.

These functions would make your life a lot easier. I suggest you learn them right away ✈

But How? My 30-minute free email course will help you learn them (and many more) Excel functions in no time.

Other resources

There’s not only one function dedicated to calculating averages in Excel – but much more. Like the AVERAGEA function, AVERAGEIF function, and AVERAGEIFS function. Learn them here.

You’d also be surprised to know that Excel doesn’t offer an in-built function to calculate weighted average. But you can still calculate it in Excel using other functions. How? Learn here.

Frequently asked questions

To calculate the average percentage in Excel:

The source data must be in percentages.
Use the AVERAGE function to calculate the average of the given percentages.

Apply the “Percentage” format to the cell containing the Average from the Home Tab > Number > Percentage.

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