Countif

COUNTIFS function

Definition

The COUNTIFS function applies criteria to cells across multiple ranges and counts the number of times all criteria are met.

Syntax

COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…) The COUNTIFS function syntax has the following arguments:

• criteria_range1 Required. The first range in which to evaluate the associated criteria.
• criteria1 Required. The criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text that define which cells will be counted. For example, criteria can be expressed as 32, ">32", B4, "apples", or "32".
• criteria_range2, criteria2, ... Optional. Additional ranges and their associated criteria. Up to 127 range/criteria pairs are allowed.

Remark

• Each range's criteria is applied one cell at a time. If all of the first cells meet their associated criteria, the count increases by 1. If all of the second cells meet their associated criteria, the count increases by 1 again, and so on until all of the cells are evaluated.
• If the criteria argument is a reference to an empty cell, the COUNTIFS function treats the empty cell as a 0 value.
• You can use the wildcard characters— the question mark (?) and asterisk (*) — in criteria. A question mark matches any single character, and an asterisk matches any sequence of characters. If you want to find an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.

Salesperson	Exceeded Q1 quota	Exceeded Q2 quota	Exceeded Q3 quota
Burke	Yes	Yes	No
Davidoski	Yes	No	No
Sundaram	Yes	Yes	Yes
Levitan	No	Yes	Yes
Formula	Description	Result
=COUNTIFS(B2:D2,"=Yes")	Counts how many times Davidoski exceeded a sales quota for periods Q1, Q2, and Q3 (only in Q1).	1
=COUNTIFS(B2:B5,"=Yes",C2:C5,"=Yes")	Counts how many salespeople exceeded both their Q1 and Q2 quotas (Burke and Sundaram).	2
=COUNTIFS(B5:D5,"=Yes",B3:D3,"=Yes")	Counts how many times Levitan and Burke exceeded the same quota for periods Q1, Q2, and Q3 (only in Q2).	1