PERCENTILE

Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range

Syntax

PERCENTILE(array, k)

Arguments

Argument Description Required
array The array or range of data that defines relative standing Required
k The percentile value in the range 0..1, inclusive Required

Examples

90th percentile of test scores

=PERCENTILE(A1:A7, 0.9)

Result ⇒93.2
A
1 85
2 90
3 78
4 92
5 88
6 95
7 82

Median (50th percentile)

=PERCENTILE(A1:A5, 0.5)

Result ⇒30
A
1 10
2 20
3 30
4 40
5 50

25th percentile (first quartile)

=PERCENTILE(A1:A5, 0.25)

Result ⇒5
A
1 1
2 5
3 10
4 15
5 20

Related Functions

Other Statistical functions:

  • AVEDEV - Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean
  • AVERAGE - Returns the average of given arguments. Text is ignored.
  • CORREL - Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets
  • COUNT - Returns the count of numeric values in a dataset.
  • COUNTA - Returns the count of values in a list of arguments including text, logical values, error values, and empty text.
  • COUNTIF - Returns the count of cells that meet a specified criteria
  • COUNTIFS - Returns the count of criteria_ranges based on the given criterions.
  • FORECAST - Calculates, or predicts, a future value by using existing values
  • LARGE - Returns the k-th largest value in a data set
  • MAX - Returns the largest number from the provided arguments
  • MEDIAN - Returns the median of the given numbers
  • MIN - Returns the smallest number from the provided arguments
  • MINIFS - Returns the minimum value from a range that meets multiple criteria.
  • MODE - Returns the most frequently occurring value in a data set
  • PERCENTRANK - Returns the rank of a value in a dataset as a percentage (0 to 1) of the dataset
  • RANK - Returns the rank of a number from the list of other numeric values
  • SMALL - Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set
  • STDEV - Returns the estimated standard deviation based on a sample
  • STDEVP - Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population
  • SUMIF - Returns the sum of a range depending on criteria
  • SUMPRODUCT - Returns the sum of products for a list of arguments
  • VAR - Returns the estimated variance for a sample of data
  • VARP - Calculates variance based on the entire population