# AVERAGE

Returns the average of given arguments. Text is ignored.

## Syntax

```
AVERAGE(value1, [value_n])
```

## Arguments

| Argument   | Description                                                                                     | Required |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| `value1`  | The first number or range for which to find the average value.                                 | Required |
| `value_n` | Additional values or ranges for which to find the average value; up to 255 arguments.          | Optional |

## Examples

### Average of individual numbers

=AVERAGE(10, 7, 9, 27, 2)

Result ⇒ 11

### Average of range

=AVERAGE(A1:A5)

Result ⇒ 11

|     |     |
|-----|-----|
|     | A   |
|  1  | 10  |
|  2  | 7   |
|  3  | 9   |
|  4  | 27  |
|  5  | 2   |

### Average with mixed numbers and ranges

=AVERAGE(A1:A2, 10, 20)

Result ⇒ 12.5

|     |     |
|-----|-----|
|     | A   |
|  1  | 5   |
|  2  | 15  |

## Related Functions

Other Statistical functions:

- [AVEDEV](/content/docs/formulas/avedev.html) \- Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean
- [CORREL](/content/docs/formulas/correl.html) \- Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets
- [COUNT](/content/docs/formulas/count.html) \- Returns the count of numeric values in a dataset.
- [COUNTA](/content/docs/formulas/counta.html) \- Returns the count of values in a list of arguments including text, logical values, error values, and empty text.
- [COUNTIF](/content/docs/formulas/countif.html) \- Returns the count of cells that meet a specified criteria
- [COUNTIFS](/content/docs/formulas/countifs.html) \- Returns the count of criteria_ranges based on the given criterions.
- [FORECAST](/content/docs/formulas/forecast.html) \- Calculates, or predicts, a future value by using existing values
- [LARGE](/content/docs/formulas/large.html) \- Returns the k-th largest value in a data set
- [MAX](/content/docs/formulas/max.html) \- Returns the largest number from the provided arguments
- [MEDIAN](/content/docs/formulas/median.html) \- Returns the median of the given numbers
- [MIN](/content/docs/formulas/min.html) \- Returns the smallest number from the provided arguments
- [MINIFS](/content/docs/formulas/minifs.html) \- Returns the minimum value from a range that meets multiple criteria.
- [MODE](/content/docs/formulas/mode.html) \- Returns the most frequently occurring value in a data set
- [PERCENTILE](/content/docs/formulas/percentile.html) \- Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range
- [PERCENTRANK](/content/docs/formulas/percentrank.html) \- Returns the rank of a value in a dataset as a percentage (0 to 1) of the dataset
- [RANK](/content/docs/formulas/rank.html) \- Returns the rank of a number from the list of other numeric values
- [SMALL](/content/docs/formulas/small.html) \- Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set
- [STDEV](/content/docs/formulas/stdev.html) \- Returns the estimated standard deviation based on a sample
- [STDEVP](/content/docs/formulas/stdevp.html) \- Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population
- [SUMIF](/content/docs/formulas/sumif.html) \- Returns the sum of a range depending on criteria
- [SUMPRODUCT](/content/docs/formulas/sumproduct.html) \- Returns the sum of products for a list of arguments
- [VAR](/content/docs/formulas/var.html) \- Returns the estimated variance for a sample of data
- [VARP](/content/docs/formulas/varp.html) \- Calculates variance based on the entire population