COUNTIFS Function

The COUNTIFS function is one of the statistical functions. It is used to count the number of the selected cells based on multiple criteria.

Syntax

COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]...)

The COUNTIFS function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
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 criteria_range1 to count. 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. If you want to find a question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.

How to apply the COUNTIFS function.

Examples

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