AVERAGEIFS Function

The AVERAGEIFS function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to analyze the range of data and find the average value of all numbers in a range of cells, based on multiple criteria.

Syntax

AVERAGEIFS(average_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2], ...)

The AVERAGEIFS function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
average_range	The selected range of cells you need to find the average in. It is a required argument.
criteria_range1	The first selected range of cells to apply the criteria1 to. It is a required argument.
criteria1	The first condition that must be met. It is applied to the criteria_range1 and used to determine the cells in the average_range to average. It can be a value entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to. It is a required argument.
criteria_range2, criteria2, ...	Additional ranges of cells and their corresponding criteria. These arguments are optional. You can add up to 127 ranges and corresponding criteria.

Notes

You can use wildcard characters when specifying criteria. The question mark "?" can replace any single character and the asterisk "*" can be used instead of any number of characters.

How to apply the AVERAGEIFS function.

Examples

The figure below displays the result returned by the AVERAGEIFS function.