Excel Counting Functions: Count and Countif

This article provides a clear overview of Excel Counting Functions: Count and Countif, with the main facts, useful context, and practical details organized for easy reading.

Those of you who do not know how to use COUNT and COUNTIF can refer to the article below, the tutorial how to use the same examples directly using COUNT and COUNTIF functions help you understand better.

COUNT Function

1. Functions

The Count function is used to count the number of cells containing numeric data in the selected area.

There are also the following counting functions:

Counta function: Counts the number of cells containing data in the selected area.

Countifs function: Statistical conditional function.

Countblank function: Count the number of blank cells in the selected area.

2. Syntax

= COUNT (value1, value2.)

Where value1, value2. are the cells to be counted, or you can enter the areas to be counted.

3. for Example.

For a data table, ask to count the number of students who have scored in the Scores column (those who do not have points are those you owe).

Use the Count: = COUNT function (E5: E14)

COUNTIF Function

1. Functions

The Countif function is used to count the number of cells that meet the criteria in the range.

2. Syntax

= COUNT (range, criteria)

Where: range is the area to be counted, criteria is the counting condition.

3. for Example.

Give the data table as follows:

Ask to count students with a score greater than or equal to 8?

Apply the COUNTIF function as follows: = COUNTIF (E5: E14, "> = 8")

COUNT and COUNTIF are two pretty simple counting functions. With the above tutorial, you can use COUNT and COUNTIF functions for your work.