How to use Excel COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria

by Svetlana Cheusheva , updated on August 22, 2023

The tutorial explains how to use COUNTIFS and COUNTIF formulas with multiple criteria in Excel based on AND as well as OR logic. You will find a number of examples for different data types - numbers, dates, text, wildcard characters, non-blank cells and more.

Of all Excel functions, COUNTIFS and COUNTIF are probably most often mixed up because they look very much alike and both are purposed for counting cells based on the specified criteria.

The difference is that COUNTIF is designed for counting cells with a single condition in one range, whereas COUNTIFS can evaluate different criteria in the same or in different ranges. The aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate different approaches and help you choose the most efficient formula for each particular task.

Excel COUNTIFS function - syntax and usage

The Excel COUNTIFS function counts cells across multiple ranges based on one or several conditions. The function is available in Excel 365, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2007, so you can use the below examples in any Excel version.

COUNTIFS syntax

The syntax of the COUNTIFS function is as follows:

• criteria_range1 (required) - defines the first range to which the first condition (criteria1) shall be applied.
• criteria1 (required) - sets the condition in the form of a number, cell reference, text string, expression or another Excel function. The criteria defines which cells shall be counted and can be expressed as 10, "
• [criteria_range2, criteria2]… (optional) - these are additional ranges and their associated criteria. You can specify up to 127 range/criteria pairs in your formulas.

In fact, you don't have to remember the syntax of the COUNTIF function by heart. Microsoft Excel will display the function's arguments as soon as you start typing; the argument you are entering at the moment is highlighted in bold.

Excel COUNTIFS - things to remember!

1. You can use the COUNTIFS function in Excel to count cells in a single range with a single condition as well as in multiple ranges with multiple conditions. If the latter, only those cells that meet all of the specified conditions are counted.
2. Each additional range must have the same number of rows and columns as the first range (criteria_range1 argument).
3. Both contiguous and non-contiguous ranges are allowed.
4. If the criteria is a reference to an empty cell, the COUNTIFS function treats it as a zero value (0).
5. You can use the wildcard characters in criteria - asterisk (*) and question mark (?). See this example for full details.

How to use COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria in Excel

Below you will find a number of formula examples that demonstrate how to use the COUNTIFS and COUNTIF functions in Excel to evaluate multiple conditions.

How to count cells with multiple criteria (AND logic)

This scenario is the easiest one, since the COUNTIFS function in Excel is designed to count only those cells for which all of the specified conditions are TRUE. We call it the AND logic, because Excel's AND function works this way.

Formula 1. COUNTIFS formula with multiple criteria

Suppose you have a product list like shown in the screenshot below. You want to get a count of items that are in stock (value in column B is greater than 0) but have not been sold yet (value is column C is equal to 0).

The task can be accomplished by using this formula:

And the count is 2 ("Cherries" and "Lemons"):

Formula 2. COUNTIFS formula with two criteria

When you want to count items with identical criteria, you still need to supply each criteria_range / criteria pair individually.

For example, here's the right formula to count items that have 0 both in column B and column C:

This COUNTIFS formula returns 1 because only "Grapes" have "0" value in both columns.

Using a simpler formula with a single criteria_range like COUNTIFS(B2:C7,"=0") would yield a different result - the total count of cells in the range B2:C7 containing a zero (which is 4 in this example).

How to count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic)

As you have seen in the above examples, counting cells that meet all of the specified criteria is easy because the COUNTIFS function is designed to work this way.

But what if you want to count cells for which at least one of the specified conditions is TRUE, i.e. based on the OR logic? Overall, there are two ways to do this - by adding up several COUNTIF formulas or using a SUM COUNTIFS formula with an array constant.

Formula 1. Add up two or more COUNTIF or COUNITFS formulas

In the table below, supposing you want to count orders with the "Cancelled" and "Pending" status. To have it doen, you can simply write 2 regular Countif formulas and add up the results:

In case each of the functions is supposed to evaluate more than one condition, use COUNTIFS instead of COUNTIF. For example, to get the count of "Cancelled" and "Pending" orders for "Apples" use this formula:

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $C$2:$C$11,"Cancelled") + COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $C$2:$C$11,"Pending")

Formula 2. SUM COUNTIFS with an array constant

In situations when you have to evaluate a lot of criteria, the above approach is not the best way to go because your formula would grow too big in size. To perform the same calculations in a more compact formula, list all of your criteria in an array constant, and supply that array to the criteria argument of the COUNTIFS function. To get the total count, embed COUNTIFS inside the SUM function, like this:

In our sample table, to count orders with the status "Cancelled" or "Pending" or "In transit", the formula would go as follows:

In a similar manner, you can count cells based on two or more criteria_range / criteria pairs. For instance, to get the number of "Apples" orders that are "Cancelled" or "Pending" or "In transit", use this formula:

You can find a few more ways to count cells with OR logic in this tutorial: Excel COUNTIF and COUNTIFS with OR conditions.

How to count numbers between 2 specified numbers

By and large, COUNTIFS formulas for numbers fall into 2 categories - based on several conditions (explained in the above examples) and between the two values you specify. The latter can be accomplished in two ways - by using the COUNTIFS function or by subtracting one COUNTIF from another.

Formula 1. COUNTIFS to count cells between two numbers

To find out how many numbers between 5 and 10 (not including 5 and 10) are contained in cells C2 through C10, use this formula:

To include 5 and 10 in the count, use the "greater than or equal to" and "less than or equal to" operators:

Formula 2. COUNTIF formulas to count numbers between X and Y

The same result can be achieved by subtracting one Countif formula from another. The first one counts how many numbers are greater than the lower bound value (5 in this example). The second formula returns the count of numbers that are greater than the upper bound value (10 in this case). The difference between the first and second number is the result you are looking for.

• =COUNTIF(C2:C10,">5")-COUNTIF(C2:C10,">=10") - counts how many numbers greater than 5 and less than 10 are in the range C2:C10. This formula will return the same count as shown in the screenshot above.
• =COUNTIF(C2:C10, ">=5")-COUNTIF(C2:C10, ">10") - the formula counts how many numbers between 5 and 10 are in the range C2:C10, including 5 and 10.

How to use cell references in COUNTIFS formulas

When using logical operators such as ">", "=" together with cell references in your Excel COUNTIFS formulas, remember to enclose the operator in "double quotes" and
add an ampersand (&) before a cell reference to construct a text string.

In a sample dataset below, let's count "Apples" orders with amount greater than $200. With criteria_range1 in cells A2:A11 and criteria_range2 in B2:B11, you can use this formula:

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$11, "Apples", $B$2:$B$11, ">200")

Or, you can input your criteria values in certain cells, say F1 and F2, and reference those cells in your formula:

Please notice the use of absolute cell references both in the criteria and criteria_range arguments, which prevents the formula from being broken when copied to other cells.

For more information about the use of an ampersand in COUNTIF and COUNTIFS formulas, please see Excel COUNTIF - frequently asked questions.

How to use COUNTIFS with wildcard characters

In Excel COUNTIFS formulas, you can use the following wildcard characters:

• Question mark (?) - matches any single character, use it to count cells starting and/or ending with certain characters.
• Asterisk (*) - matches any sequence of characters, you use it to count cells containing a specified word or a character(s) as part of the cell's contents.

Tip. If you want to count cells with an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before an asterisk or question mark.

Now let's see how you can use a wildcard char in real-life COUNTIFS formulas in Excel. Suppose, you have a list of projects in column A. You wish to know how many projects are already assigned to someone, i.e. have any name in column B. And because we are learning how to use the COUNTIFS function with multiple criteria, let's add a second condition - the End Date in column D should also be set.

Here is the formula that works a treat:

Please note, you cannot use a wildcard character in the 2 nd criteria because you have dates rather that text values in column D. That is why, you use the criteria that finds non-blank cells: "<>"&""

COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria for dates

The COUNTIFS and COUNTIF formulas you use for dates are very much similar to the above formulas for numbers.

Example 1. Count dates in a specific date range

To count the dates that fall in a certain date range, you can also use either a COUNTIFS formula with two criteria or a combination of two COUNTIF functions.

For example, the following formulas count the number of dates in cells C2 through C10 that fall between 1-Jun-2014 and 7-Jun-2014, inclusive:

=COUNTIF(C2:C9, ">=6/1/2014") - COUNTIF(C2:C9, ">6/7/2014")

Example 2. Count dates with multiple conditions

In the same manner, you can use a COUNTIFS formula to count the number of dates in different columns that meet 2 or more conditions. For instance, the below formula will find out how many products were purchased after the 20 th of May and delivered after the 1 st of June:

=COUNTIFS(C2:C9, ">5/1/2014", D2:D9, ">6/7/2014")

Example 3. Count dates with multiple conditions based on the current date

You can use Excel's TODAY() function in combination with COUNTIF to count dates based on the current date.

For example, the following COUNTIF formula with two ranges and two criteria will tell you how many products have already been purchased but not delivered yet.

This formula allows for many possible variations. For instance, you can tweak it to count how many products were purchased more than a week ago and are not delivered yet:

This is how you count cells with multiple criteria in Excel. I hope you will find these examples helpful. Anyway, I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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2019 comments

In trying to calculate prorated salary based from 2 other columns "daily rate" x "# of days" between 2 date ranges, but only want them to be calculated if the Status = In Progress, On Hold or Not Started. I am trying to calculate using =SUM([@[daily Rate calculation ]]*[@['# of days]],(COUNTIFS([Status],<"In Progress","On Hold","Not Started">))), however it is picking up all other statuses also.

Hello Monique!
To find the sum based on multiple conditions, use SUMPRODUCT function. You can find the examples and detailed instructions here: Excel SUMPRODUCT function with multiple criteria. For example: =SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10*B1:B10*((C1:C10="In Progress")+(C1:C10="On Hold")+(C1:C10="Not Started")))

Hi!!
I have a problem. How can I use countifs when I have to count- for example sales target achieved between 1% to 51% how many times by a particular manager from list of different managers.

Hi! Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above: How to count numbers between 2 specified numbers. Add another condition to the proposed formula: the manager's name. For example: =COUNTIFS(B2:B10,"Name",C2:C10,">1%", C2:C10,"<51%")

Hi, im currently counting rows tagged with "a" and "b". tags ranges from a - r. how to do itt? thank you!

Hi! To understand what you want to do, give an example of the source data and the expected result. Maybe this article will be helpful: Excel COUNTIF and COUNTIFS with OR logic.

Hi I am trying to countifs between hours and minutes (00:00:00) but my formula is not bringing back all results when checked manually. I'm not sure where it is going wrong.
1st count between dates, 2nd count matching data in a colum, 3rd count counting between hours and minutes. It's bringing back some of the data but not all. =COUNTIFS(Sheet1!$M:$M,">="&DATE(2024, 5, 1),Sheet1!$M:$M,"=00:00:00", Sheet3!$R:$R, "="&DATE(2024, 5, 1),Sheet1!$M:$M,"=00:15:00", Sheet3!$R:$R, "<=00:29:59") 1st row brings back all results(12), 2nd row brings back 0 results. When checked manually there should be 10 results. Thanks Craig

Seems like line of formula hasn't shown up properly. =COUNTIFS(Sheet1!$M:$M,">="&DATE(2024, 5, 1),Sheet1!$M:$M,"=00:15:00", Sheet3!$R:$R, "<00:29:59") This same line is used to count 0 - 15mins, 15 - 30mins, 30 - 45mins, 45 - 60mins, etc Thanks,

Hello Craig!
To extract the time from the date, use the MINUTE function. Read more about it here: How to calculate time in Excel. Но вы не можете использовать это в формуле COUNTIFS. Therefore, to calculate values by condition, I recommend using the SUMPRODUCT formula with multiple criteria. For example: =SUMPRODUCT((Sheet1!$M:$M>=DATE(2024,5,1)) * (MINUTE(Sheet1!$M:$M)=0)*(Sheet3!$R:$R=DATE(2024,5,1)) * (MINUTE(Sheet1!$M:$M)=15) * (MINUTE(Sheet3!$R:$R)<30))

shift department
Angulo, Ingrid N F2 Pick
Anon, Kobon Jean Francois S2 Pack
Badey, Spenser R F2 Pick
Baez, Jasmarie L S2 Pick
Bah, Houleymatou W2 Pick Hi there!
Im trying to do the countif to return a value with how many people with specific shift are in certain department. For example, how many people with F2 shift are in pick department.

Hi! I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question. Use the COUNTIFS function to calculate the number of records that meet the two conditions.

I've been scratching my head at this for awhile now. I'm using the SUMIFS formula to add data based on 3 criteria; start date, end date, and a name. I have the formula working but im searching multiple columns for the name resulting in adding 15 identical SUMIFS formulas just to check different columns. Example: =COUNTIFS(Table1[[Date]:[Date]],">="&$F$2,Table1[[Date]:[Date]],"="&$F$2,Table1[[Date]:[Date]],"="&$F$2,Table1[[Date]:[Date]]," ="&$C$3,Table1[[Date]:[Date]]," Jonathan Fox says:
2024-06-21 at 2:25 pm

Seems some of my comment is missing. Im basically trying to make this function work to clean up code: =COUNTIFS(Table1[[Date]:[Date]],">="&$C$3,Table1[[Date]:[Date]]," Alexander Trifuntov (Ablebits Team) says:
2024-06-24 at 7:18 am

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the formula could be as follows: =SUMPRODUCT((D2:G6=H1) * (B2:B6I1)) Column B - start date
Column C - end date
I1 - date
H1 - name
You can find the examples and detailed instructions here: Excel SUMPRODUCT function with multiple criteria.

That worked for counting how many times the name shows up between two dates. It helped shorten some other code, but not the original challenge.
I want to count the data in the blue columns
if the date(green) is within a range(pink)
and if a name(yellow) is in any of the orange columns.
.
I was able to do this with:
SUMIFS()+SUMIFS()+SUMIFS()+SUMIFS()+SUMIFS(). -- one for each of the POS columns.
.
I want to be able to write:
=SUMIFS(Table[AC], Table[Date], >date, Table[Date], date, Table[Date], date, Table[Date], date, Table[Date], date, Table[Date], date, Table[Date], Alexander Trifuntov (Ablebits Team) says:
2024-07-02 at 2:04 pm

Hi! If you study the SUMPRODUCT function manual carefully, you can modify the formula suggested to you. Based on the information provided, the formula could look like this: =SUMPRODUCT((F2:I5=C10) * (B2:B5>=C8) * (B2:B5 <=C9)*D2:D5)
=SUMPRODUCT((F2:I5=C10) * (B2:B5>=C8) * (B2:B5<=C9)*E2:E5)

Sorry, I do not fully understand the task.
As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.

Hi Alexander - thank you so much for your great article and explanations!
I've successfully navigated the use of countifs for 3 criteria. =COUNTIFS('Objectives'!$Q:$Q,$A$1,'Objectives'!$R:$R,B$1,'Objectives'!$M:$M,"Yes")
But to collect the next subset of data I'm wanting to add criteria 4 which counts if the value in a cell in one column is the same as the value in a cell in another column on the same row - is that possible? i.e. count if the value in column A = the value in column B

Hello! To count the number of values for multiple criteria, you can use the SUMPRODUCT function. For example: =SUMPRODUCT((Q1:Q10=$A$1) * (R1:R10=$B$1) * (Q1:Q10=S1:S10)) You can find the examples and detailed instructions here: Excel SUMPRODUCT function with multiple criteria.

I want to tell excel to sum numbers from one cell if there is data but from another cell if there is no data (pulling actuals when they are known but estimates when actuals are not known). But I also want to pull it per a specific community.

Hi! If you didn't find the answer in the article above, explain the problem in more detail. Provide additional information to understand what you need.

Hi! I want to count instances that meet two sets of requirements, and also exclude some results. I work with zoning plans, and we have a database in a separate application where we record all our incoming cases, and register some predefined variables. For example, we give remarks to zoning plans as either a "remark", "advice" or an "objection", and zoning plans follow a predefined route of "start", "hearing" and "resolution". There are different variants within each of these categories. The variables for advice is:
advice
advice met
advice partially met
advice not met
advice met, case closed
advice partially met, case closed
advice not met, case closed And for resolution is:
resoluted plan
resoluted plan with time limit
resoluted plan with delayed legal effect So as an example, I want to count instances where our advice has been met or partially met in a resoluted zoning plan, but don't want to include instances where our advice has not been met. I think I have managed to build a formula that checks a set of requirements in the source material in column A, to a set of OR requirements in column B, and returns the number of instances:
=SUM(COUNTIFS(Source!A:A;;Source!B:B;)) My problem is that this formula is very long, and it needs to be manually updated if we for some reason want to change the variables or add new ones. So I have tried to put the predefined variables in a separate sheet and called it "Code". So in this example, all the advice variables are put into column A in "Code", and all the different resoluted plan variables are put into column B:

But this returns 0, as I believe it counts exclusive pairs, not OR. I have thought about simplifying the first formula by using wildcards, i.e. but this will also include results where advice has not been met. Also, I don't know if it's the correct use of asterisk. Sorry for the long text. Any advice is appreciated!

Hi! For the COUNTIFS function, you must write all possible combinations of values in Code!A:B. Then your formula will work correctly. Or you need to use a VBA macro to get all possible combinations of values and calculate them.

Hi, i have data related to my job which i cannot provide. So , lets take a example with same scenario.
In the below data, i want the output as Yes, whenever the serial number is same for Mobile and Torch. Items Serial number
Mobile 1234
Earphone 4567
Torch 4567
Charger 6789
Bottle 1234
Torch 6789
Charger 7894
Earphone 6789
Mobile 4567
Charger 1597
Bottle 7894
Torch 1234
Charger 7564

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the following IF formula should work for you: =IF(((A1="Mobile")+(A1="Torch")) * (COUNTIFS($A$1:$A$13,"Mobile",$B$1:$B$13,B1) + COUNTIFS($A$1:$A$13,"Torch",$B$1:$B$13,B1))>1,"Yes","")

Hello- I am trying to use the COUNTIFS function to see if there is a multiple cell match in a separate data set. This data set is referenced as "1" in the below formula. This is the formula I'm using: =IF(COUNTIFS([1.xls]Sheet1!$C$4:$C$39923, "=C4", [1.xls]Sheet1!$F$4:$F$39923, "=F4"), "TRUE", "FALSE") It returns me with a "FALSE" tag on every single row even when I know it should be "TRUE". How can I fix this? Thank you!

Hi! Please read the above article carefully. If you want to find matching values in cells, don't write references to those cells as text. Instead of "=C4", use C4.

Have you tried the methods described in this blog post? If you are not satisfied, please let me know and I will try to help you.

Excel A B C D
1 Team Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
2 A Present Present Present
3 A Present Present Present
4 B Present Absent Present
5 B Present Present Present
6 C Present Present Present
7 C Present Present Absent Question : If want to calculate the number of days Team A present from Day 1 to Day 3 =COUNTIFS ( A2:A7,"A", B2:D7,"Present" ) Excel is not reading B2:D7 it only reads B2:B7 - I do not want to add multiple formulas because the number of days I have in the report is 50+

Hi! In the COUNTIFS formula, all ranges must be the same size. Therefore, to calculate the number of values by condition in a range of multiple rows and columns, try SUMPRODUCT formula. For example: =SUMPRODUCT((B2:D7="Present")*(A2:A7="A"))

Hi, I am trying to count the number of times a conditions is met in column B, for a date range specified in column A.
E.g.
Column A Column B
1/1/24 Yes
1/1/24 No
2/2/24 No
3/2/24 Yes
2/3/24 No
3/3/24 Yes
I want to count the number of times yes is recorded for a particular date range (per month).
Everything in column A is formatted as a date, Column B is as text.

Hi! Please re-check the article above since it covers your case. For an example of how the COUNTIF and COUNTIFS function counts values in a date range, see here. For example: =COUNTIFS(A1:A10,">=1/1/2024",A1:A10," Sam says:
2024-05-24 at 12:37 am

Is this formula effected if the data being used is formatted in a table? I tried to simplify for the question, but will try to explain further below; Monday, 1 July 2024 Yes
Tuesday, 2 July 2024 Yes
Tuesday, 2 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 6 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 6 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 6 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 6 July 2024 No
Sunday, 7 July 2024 Yes
Sunday, 7 July 2024 No
Sunday, 7 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 13 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 13 July 2024 No
Monday, 15 July 2024 Yes
Sunday, 14 July 2024 No
Saturday, 20 July 2024 No
Sunday, 21 July 2024 No
Sunday, 21 July 2024 Yes
Saturday, 27 July 2024 Yes
Friday, 2 August 2024 No
Saturday, 3 August 2024 No
Saturday, 3 August 2024 No
Sunday, 4 August 2024 Yes
Sunday, 4 August 2024 Yes
Saturday, 24 August 2024 No
Wednesday, 7 August 2024 No
Saturday, 17 August 2024 Yes
Saturday, 17 August 2024 Yes
Saturday, 17 August 2024 Yes
Sunday, 18 August 2024 Yes
Sunday, 18 August 2024 No
Sunday, 18 August 2024 Yes
Friday, 23 August 2024 No
Saturday, 31 August 2024 Yes The data above is formatted as a table. dates column is "Bump in Date" & second Column is "Repeat Event" Here is the exact formula I am using. =COUNTIFS(Table134[Bump in Date],">=1/7/2024",Table134[Bump in Date]," Sam says:
2024-05-24 at 1:07 am

Ignore me, I got it to work. There was an error in the formula I had posted in my previous reply anyway.

Hi! Your formula can only return zero because you have specified the same date as the start and end of the time interval. Both conditions cannot be TRUE at the same time.

I have a table with three columns: Date, Color and Name. I am trying to calculate the number of people (i.e., distinct number of Names) for given Date and Color combinations. I thought I could do it using 'sum' and '1/countifs', and I tried the method in this article (and many other methods), but I seem to be missing something. The formulas I used are below. The correct values are: 2 distinct names for Red - 11/1/2006 (Bob and Dave)
3 distinct names for Red - 12/1/2006 (Chuck, Dave and Jim)
1 distinct name for Green - 11/1/2006 (Chuck)
1 distinct name for Green - 12/1/2006 (Jim) Here are the correct results in table format: Restated, here are the correct distinct number of Names by Date and Color
Red Green
11/1/2006 2 1
12/1/2006 3 1 But the formula I used provides clearly erroneous values (3, 6.5, 3 and 1.5). Here are the table, the correct results, my formula's incorrect results, and the formulas. Date Color Name Distinct Names by Date and Color
11/01/06 Green Chuck Correct Values: Red Green
11/01/06 Red Bob 11/1/2006 2 1
11/01/06 Red Bob 12/1/2006 3 1
11/01/06 Red Dave
12/01/06 Red Chuck Incorrect Results:
12/01/06 Red Chuck 11/1/2006 3 3
12/01/06 Green Jim 12/1/2006 6.5 1.5
12/01/06 Red Dave
12/01/06 Red Jim
12/01/06 Green Jim Formulas in Cell:
11/06 Red (3): <=SUM(IFERROR(1/COUNTIFS($C$2:$C$11,$C$2:$C$11,$B$2:$B$11,F$2,$A$2:$A$11,$E3),0))>
12/06 Red (6.5) <=SUM(IFERROR(1/COUNTIFS($C$2:$C$11,$C$2:$C$11,$B$2:$B$11,F$2,$A$2:$A$11,$E4),0))>11/06 Green (3): <=SUM(IFERROR(1/COUNTIFS($C$2:$C$11,$C$2:$C$11,$B$2:$B$11,G$2,$A$2:$A$11,$E3),0))>
12/06 Green (1.5): <=SUM(IFERROR(1/COUNTIFS($C$2:$C$11,$C$2:$C$11,$B$2:$B$11,G$2,$A$2:$A$11,$E4),0))>Please let me know where I want astray. Thanks much!

Hello! You want to calculate values for dates that are part of a string of text that appears in the Name column. The formula uses dates from the Date column. These dates do not always match the dates in the text in the Name column. To make sure that the count is correct, you want to extract the dates from the Name column into a separate column. Instead of using the data in column A, use this column in your formula.
To extract the second word from the text "Bob 11/1/2006" and get "11/1/2006", you can use these guidelines: Get last word from string.
I hope it’ll be helpful.

(CF2=3 or 4) OR (CF3=3 or 4) this is the condition i have to count 1 which formula will be appropriate

Hi! If you want to check a value in two cells, use the IF and OR function. Look for the example formulas here: Excel IF OR statement with formula examples.
Based on the information provided, the formula could look like this: =IF(OR(OR(CF2=3,CF2=4),OR(CF3=3,CF3=4)),1,0)

I am trying to count rows were either column E -OR- F meet a criteria. Example.. Column A is a Truck, Column B is Trailer, I want to have a count of "1" if either the truck or trailer is red, same if both the truck and trailer are red. I only want to count if either column A -OR- Column B, but don't want to count a RED truck and RED trailer as 2. The full goal of this would be to count how many instances of each state had either a Red Truck or Trailer. Using the small subset below. I would be looking for the answer of the formula to show that CA=2 (not 3), AZ=1, etc. using the subset below: STATE TRUCK TRAILER
---------- ---------- -----------
CA Red Blue
CA Red Red
AZ Blue Red
AZ Blue Green I currently have a formula similar to this, but it is counting the RED Truck and the RED Trailer as 2.
=COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,E4:E14,"RED")+COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,F4:F14,"RED") get count of 1 which is correct
=COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B3,E4:E14,"RED")+COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B3,F4:F14,"RED") get count of 3 which is incorrect I have also tried
=SUM(COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,E4:E14,"RED")+COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,F4:F14,"RED")) get count of 1 which is correct
=SUM(COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B3,E4:E14,"RED")+COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B3,F4:F14,"RED")) get count of 3 which is incorrect B1:B14 would be the row of states, B2 is AZ, B3 is CA in the formula above. Thanks,
WK

Hello! To avoid duplicate counts, you can use three different conditions and find the sum of the three COUNTIFS formulas: =COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,E4:E14,"RED",F4:F14,"<>RED") + COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,E4:E14,"<>RED",F4:F14,"RED") + COUNTIFS(B4:B14,B2,E4:E14,"RED",F4:F14,"RED") You can also use the SUMPRODUCT formula: =SUMPRODUCT((B4:B14=B2) * (((E4:E14="red")+(F4:F14="red"))>0)) I hope it’ll be helpful.

I have in name manager a list_of_cells =$H6;$Q6;$U6;$V6.
The result of =COUNTIF(list_of_cells ;">=3") is #VALUE! Haw can i count haw many of values in that discontinue range are greater than or equal to 3?

Hi! The COUNTIF function can only count values in a continuous range. Just count them: =(H6>=3)+(Q6>=3)+(U6>=3)+(V6>=3)

I have the following table Platform Ticket Number Ticket Details Weight Agent
Platform1 093uf session issues 5 Agent1
Platform2 35654 session issues 5 Agent2
Platform2 768566 session issues 3 Agent1 I need the following table to be filled from the 1st table
Agent Weight Platform1 Platform2
Agent1 sum all weight of Agent1 sum all weight of platform1 for Agent1 sum all weight of platform2 for Agent1
Agent2 sum all weight of Agent2 sum all weight of platform1 for Agent2 sum all weight of platform2 for Agent2

Hi! Have you tried the methods described in this blog post? If you are not satisfied, please let me know and I will try to help you.
Here is an example formula: =SUMIFS(E2:E10,F2:F10,"Agent1",A2:A10,"Platform1")

Hi,
can you do a countif if I have 2 columns where the result and be positive in either column?
So for example, I have a list of 100 blood donors and 2 columns of interest. One column is blood group collected on the day of donation and one where blood group was already available. The answer in either column is yes or no. I want to know the number of people who either had blood group collected on the day or it was already available. So if either column answers yes I want them to be counted but the total should not be the number of the first column plus the second it should be if the positive factor is present in either column. I hope that makes sense, thank you for your help!

Hi! Based on the information provided, the formula could look like this: =SUMPRODUCT(--(((C1:C20="yes") + (D1:D20="yes"))>0)) To convert TRUE and FALSE to 1 or 0, use mathematical operations (e.g., double minus --). For more information, please visit: Excel SUMPRODUCT function with multiple criteria.

Hello, we use a 'sign in' app to track when employees are working in the office, as a pose to working from home. I am trying to see how many dates have been signed in within a weekly date range for a specific person. I have used this formula =COUNTIFS(G2:G9, ">=18/03/2024", G2:G9, "=K2", G2:G9, "<=L2") it does not work. Is there a way that I can make the formula use dates in a cell instead of having to write them in. Many thanks.

Further to my earlier post, I should have said that I enter the names of Goalscorers into a single cell.

You cannot do value counting on a part of a text string. Split text into separate cells. Read more: Split string by delimiter or pattern, separate text and numbers.

COUNTIFS counts every name in a text string within a cell, and does this over every row within the column, but if a name is entered twice within the same cell, it only recognises the name once in the count.

That's why I recommended separating names by cell.
You can try counting how many times a word written in D1 occurs in the text in the range A1:A10. The TEXTJOIN function combines all text into a single string. The TEXTSPLIT function creates an array of words. These words can be compared to D1 and counted as matches. I can't see your data, but maybe it will work if your Excel has these functions. =SUM(--(TEXTSPLIT(TEXTJOIN(" ",,A1:A10),," ")=D1))

Hi, I have a football league table, and in one column, over 38 rows, I enter the names of each Goalscorer. I want to produce a list detailing how many goals each player has scored. The COUNTIFS function works… except if a player has scored more than one goal in a game, it does not count the true total each player has scored. Can you help?

Hi! To count by multiple criteria, follow the instructions above: How to use COUNTIFS and COUNTIF with multiple criteria. Or describe the problem in more detail.

Hi! I have a large amount of data with various titles, and I am trying to count the number of titles that contain certain words, while the status also being open. The original equation I had used, using OR logic: =SUM(COUNTIFS(($B:$B", , $C:$C, "Open"), seemed to work at first, but if two of the words were used in the same title, it would count it as 2. I then proceeded to just subtract all of the possible combinations using AND logic and got the following equation:
=SUM(COUNTIFS($B:$B, ,$C:$C, "Open")) - SUM(COUNTIFS($B:$B, "*pile*", $B:$B, "*extraction*", $C:$C, "Open")) - SUM(COUNTIFS($B:$B, "*pile*", $B:$B, "*refusal*", $C:$C, "Open")) - SUM(COUNTIFS($B:$B, "*extraction*", $B:$B, "*refusal*", $C:$C, "Open")) - SUM(COUNTIFS($B:$B, "*pile*", $B:$B, "*extraction*", $B:$B, "*refusal*", $C:$C, "Open")) This equation works, but if I wish to add more "key words" to look for, the formula just gets very large and confusing. So my first question is: is there a way to count with a bunch of key words, while preventing them from double counting the ones that remain in the same cell. - Within the data each line contains a unique ID number, I thought perhaps this could be used to prevent double counting, but I wasn't sure how to implement it. Secondly, I was wondering how I would format the equation if I wanted each of the words (pile, refusal, extraction), to be referenced from a cell. I have tried using ampersands and many quotation marks to format it, but I can't seem to get it to work. Please let me know!

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you: =SUMPRODUCT(--((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("pile",B1:B10)) + ISNUMBER(SEARCH("extraction",B1:B10)) + ISNUMBER(SEARCH("refusal",B1:B10)))>0)) For more information, please read: How to find substring in Excel

Can I put the results of 2 Countifs in the same Cell? I'll try to show what I'm lookin for. I've tried 2 Countif equations in the cell, each by itself works. But both together, but together do not. I'm sure I'm messing up the separator between the 2. This is my Countifs =COUNTIF($H3:$H50,"Blue")& " Blue". Then another for Red. 2 Blue, 1 Red (This line in 1 Cell as a result of 2 Countifs)
Blue
Yellow
Blue
Green
Red Hope this is enough info. Thank you.

Hi! You can combine the results of multiple formulas into a single text string using the & operator or CONCATENATE function. =COUNTIF($H3:$H50,"Blue")& " Blue "&COUNTIF($H3:$H50,"Red")& " Red" Read more: CONCATENATE in Excel: combine text strings, cells and columns.

Brilliant, thank you. Worked like a charm. I feel dumb because I think I used every symbol except the most obvious one.

Hello! I have a range of dates I am looking at, and for those dates, one of two options will occur. I am trying to sum option A and option B by month. I have tried a COUNTIF similar to index match, but Excel is multiplying the data, I am looking to count up the number of instances that option A and option B occur in February, then March, then so on; and show a comparison between the two by month. Thanks for any help you can give!

Hi! Unfortunately, this information is not enough to understand what you need. Do you want to calculate OR logic or AND logic? Have you tried any of the methods described in this blog post? If they don't work for you, give an example of the source data and the expected result.

CL 8 JH 6 YYY 7 BM 4 AA 3
CL 8 JH 6 YYY 7 BM 4 YYY 3
LC 6 GB 8 AA 7 BM 4 YYY 3
LC 6 GB 8 AA 7 BM 4 GW 3
LC 6 GB 8 AA 7 BM 4 GW 3
LC 6 GB 8 YYY 7 BM 4 GW 3 how do i calculate sum of"CL" periods

Hi! You can calculate the sum by condition using the SUMIF function. Read more: How to use SUMIF function in Excel with formula examples.

Can someone help I dont know how to implement the Countifs formula is the sheet e.g. Column A2 has date B2 has Reference number Column C2:C5 has multiple items for that reference number. The next Reference number start from B6 and so on. I want count all reference based on date column. I want to make summary on weekly basis. The Column A2:A5 has same date uses it for SUMIFS so I can not leave it empty.

Hi! From your description, it is difficult to have a full understanding of your task. I’ll try to guess and offer you the following guide: Count unique values with criteria. If this is not what you intended to calculate, it would be helpful if you could provide an example of the source data and the desired result.

A B C D E F G H
Date Reference Items Value
05/02/2024 AA12 A £60 FEBRUARY
05/02/2024 C £40
05/02/2024 D £40 Weekly Breakdown Value Count
05/02/2024 F £20 01/02/2024 SUMIFS ?
05/02/2024 F £6.95 05/02/2024 SUMIFS ?
12/02/2024 SUMIFS ?
08/02/2024 BB13 da £129.00 19/02/2024 SUMIFS ?
08/02/2024 ss £18.00 26/02/2024 SUMIFS ?
08/02/2024 sa £14.00 Total XXXX 0 16/02/2024 CC14 aa £40.00
16/02/2024 ss £40.00
16/02/2024 sss £40.00
16/02/2024 asa £50.00
16/02/2024 assd £14.00
16/02/2024 afsaf £6.00
My sheet is like this I want to make weekly report (Column F to H) based on data on left side from Column A to D. For Values sum I used SUMIFS with Date as criteria in Column G. I want to Count The Column B reference based on date as criteria. So the count of each week comes ups in summary report based on data in Column A and B.

A. B. C. D
Date. Reference. Items. Value
05/02/2024. AA12. A. £60.00
05/02/2024. C. £40.00
05/02/2024. D. £40.00
05/02/2024. F. £20.00
05/02/2024. F. £6.95
12/02/2024. BB13. A. £60.00
12/02/2024. C. £40.00
12/02/2024. D. £40.00
19/02/2024. CC14. A. £60.00
19/02/2024. C. £40.00
19/02/2024. D. £40.00 Summary Table
F. G. H
Weekly Breakdown. Value. Count
01/02/2024. SUMIFS .
05/02/2024. SUMIFS .
12/02/2024. SUMIFS .
19/02/2024. SUMIFS .
26/02/2024. SUMIFS. My sheet is like this I want to make a weekly report (Columns F to H) based on data in Columns A to D. For Values sum I used SUMIFS with Date as criteria in Column G. I want to Count The Column B reference based on date as criteria. So the count of each week comes ups in a summary report based on data in Columns A and B.

Hi! If I understood the question correctly, all the information you need is in the article above. Also pay attention to the instructions: Using Excel COUNTIF function with dates. For example: =COUNTIFS(B2:B10,""&"",A2:A10,">="&DATE(2024,2,1),A2:A10,"<="&DATE(2024,2,5)) Your summary table does not have an example of the desired result and does not match the description of the question. So if I don't guess, ask precisely.

When I apply this formula it gives me the count of both A and B columns, but I only want to count column B. In the above case, it should be 1 in the first week.

The COUNTIFS formula counts the values in one column B that match the conditions in column A. Read the article above carefully. And explain what you want to do.

I am working with a sheet where I have drop down menu with three options, poficient, accomplished, developing, needs assistance and want to count only profient and accomplished and divide them by the number of row so i have 4 rows and but what to count only proficient and accomplish ratings and then /4 rows to get an average out of 100 point

Hi! You can count the number of values for each variant using the COUNTIF function. You can count the total number of values using the COUNTA function. You can count the number of rows in the range of values using the ROWS function. I cannot give you a more precise answer because your explanations are not very clear.

I am trying to use a formula to count the number of cells in a table from a drop down field which fall into two dates in a table. Does that make sense? So quarterly or monthly data range measuring the number of referrals from a specific Area: Referral area:
WARD x
WARD y
WARD Z ( Table data collated will have date of referral )

Hi! Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? If they don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.

I have tried but unable to make it work for me. Forgive my basic excel knowledge but if i had a source table where there was a date of entry for every row added basic example
Apple 01.04.2024
Apple 01.02.2024
Pear 03.02.2024
Bannana04.02.2024
Pear 01.03.2024
Apple 05.02.2024 I need a formula to count the entries for apple and pears between monthly and Q1 dates Is that any clearer i can count the number of entries and the amount between two dates but not both

Hi! Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above: Count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic). Here is a guide to the counting of dates that are within a certain interval: COUNTIF formulas for dates.
The formula might look like this: =COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"apple",B1:B6,">="&"2024-01-01",B1:B6,"<"&"2024-04-01") + COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"pear",B1:B6,">="&"2024-01-01",B1:B6,"<"&"2024-04-01")

Thank you for the detailed tutorial. It was very helpful in understanding how these formulas function. Regarding this example:
Formula 2. COUNTIFS formula with two criteria
When you want to count items with identical criteria, you still need to supply each criteria_range / criteria pair individually. For example, here's the right formula to count items that have 0 both in column B and column C: =COUNTIFS($B$2:$B$7,"=0", $C$2:$C$7,"=0") This COUNTIFS formula returns 1 because only "Grapes" have "0" value in both columns. How would I be able to apply this if I need to count blanks?
I tried using the following formula, but it did not work and appears to have given me ALL the blanks instead of the blanks that meet the first countifs criteria. =COUNTIFS ($D:$D,$B5,$U:$U,$F$2) + COUNTBLANK ($S:$S) So then I went to go see what my current row count was and changed it to $S1:$S855, but it still returned the incorrect count. Is there a way to get it to countifs, then based off of those matches, if column S has blanks, to spit out a total?
Is there a way to do it without having to input row count each time? Thank you for your help!

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, try the following formula: =COUNTIFS($D:$D,$B5,$U:$U,$F$2,$S:$S,"")

Hi
I want to select my source from a different worksheet for my countifs formula, it is not working. It works well when I do it in the same worksheet.
How do I go about it?

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the following tutorial should help: Excel reference to another sheet or workbook (external reference).

Hi! The COUNTIF function counts values in only one range. To calculate values in several data ranges, look at the SUMPRODUCT function. Read more: Excel SUMPRODUCT function with multiple criteria.

Hi Dear, I am having a hard time to find out the formula, I have 3 range references, 1st range I want to count the not equal to values, and the other 2 ranges I want to count with equal criteria but I could’nt get the actual counts after I validate from my table source

Hi! Unfortunately, this information is not enough to understand what you need. To understand what you want to do, give an example of the source data and the expected result.

Hi! The COUNTIF function counts all cells. It does not matter if they are hidden or visible. You can use the Excel filter to hide cells less than zero. Then count the visible cells in the column using the AGGREGATE function. For example: =AGGREGATE(2,5,C:C)

Is there anyway to use wildcard along with Cell references?
for eg.
Column A has the base words like A1 = 'Rice", A2 ="Noodle" etc and I want to find the number of cells in Column B which has data like fried rice, brown rice, flat noodles, noodle soup etc. something like COUNTIF(B:B,*A1*)

Hi! You can use wildcards to find and count partial matches using the COUNTIF and COUNTIFS functions. Try to follow the recommendations from this article: COUNTIF formulas with wildcard characters (partial match).

=COUNTIFS('Document Master'!$H$11:$H$378,"Philippe MURPHY",'Document Master'!$P$11:$P$378,">="&H72,'Document Master'!$P$11:$P$378," Alexander Trifuntov (Ablebits Team) says:
2024-01-08 at 8:23 am

Hi! Please re-check the article above since it covers your task. Read following paragraph: Count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic). I can't recommend you a formula that contains unique references to your data that I don't have.

Hello, I have cells A1,A3,A5,A7 - I need to find out if they add up to 40 - if they dont for it to be a 0 and if they do to be the difference. How would I put that into a formula please. So if they added up to 28 the answer woudl be 0. But if they added up to 48 the difference woudl be 8. Thank you so much.

Hi! You can find the difference and select the maximum value using the MAX formula. You can also use the IF function as shown in the examples below. =MAX(0,SUM(A1,A3,A5,A7)-40)
=IF(SUM(A1,A3,A5,A7)-40>0,SUM(A1,A3,A5,A7)-40,0)

What about if I whant to count a cell that contains this data "Proj 34d Late", but in the other cells i can have "Late", "On Time", "Proj 0d On Time", and "Proj 5d Earlier"

Hi! Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above: Count cells with multiple criteria (OR logic). You can also count all cells that have a certain word in them. For example: =SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("late",A1:A10)))) For more information, please read: How to find substring in Excel

Happy New Year to all! Hi Alex! This formula works, but running with the issue is also counting when in the cell I have "Proj. 268 LATE" with the "48d LATE". How I can exclude counting when there is a projection in the future "Proj. #d LATE" in the A1:A#10, and only count the present milestones that are Late - "#d LATE"? Appreciate the help once again. I'm learning here. Thanks.

I gave you a link to the instructions for you to read. To look for a different text string, just change it in the formula. Instead of "late" it's "d late".

hi
i have problem with countifs :
when i type this formul
=countifs(Database!D2:D100;A5;Database!D2:D100;" <="&A2)
it give me 0
That is the wrong answer.
How should I modify the formula?

Thank you, I think I explained it wrong. I want to find the estimate of numbers smaller than a certain number for me, for example ?=> 1400
،I write this number (1400) in the cell A2
،The answer should be obtained from table2 in the sheet i called DataBase

Hi,
I have COUNTIF working in my spreadsheet to count how many projects a person is on (example: John Smith can be on 4 different projects at 25%) however, if John Smith has "AL" (annual leave) instead of a percentage of work on that project for the week how would I display "AL" instead of the sum of 4 projects to give a high level overview that the person is on annual leave? I will need this to also reflect for Parental Leave (PL)

Hi! If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you: =IF(COUNTIFS(A1:A10,"John Smith",B1:B10,"AL"),"AL",COUNTIF(A1:A10,"John Smith"))

Hello, how can i count data with COUNTIF that have an operator like " Alexander Trifuntov (Ablebits Team) says:
2023-12-11 at 6:57 am saeed says:
2023-12-20 at 12:25 pm

hi.
i have problem
i want, Count the number of uneven numbers, using the countifs function in two different sheets this formula i use
=countifs(table2[name];A5;table2[number];"<="&A2) table2 in another sheet i called MyDataBase cell A2 is also the place where I write my number thanks for help me

Hi! You cannot use the COUNTIFS function to count odd numbers because COUNTIFS cannot use other functions as a range or criteria argument. This SUMPRODUCT formula counts the number of odd numbers in a range using the ODD function. =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10=ODD(A1:A10)))