In Excel, you can easily count the number of cells in a range that contain values greater than 0 using the COUNTIF function. This can be useful when you want to quickly identify how many cells in a range have positive values, such as sales figures or profits.
Guide How to Count Greater Than 0 in Excel
Select the cell where you want the count to appear.
Type following formula into the cell.
=COUNTIF(range,">0")Replacing “range” with the range of cells you want to count.
Press Enter to calculate the result.
What’s Happening with the Function?
The COUNTIF function counts the number of cells in a range that meet a specified condition. In this case, we’re using the function to count cells that contain a value greater than 0.
The greater than symbol (>) is used to set the condition that the cell value must be greater than 0. The function will then count all cells in the range that meet this condition.
Things to Keep in Mind
If you want to count cells that are greater than or equal to 0, you can use the “>=0” condition in the formula.
The COUNTIF function is case-insensitive, so it will count cells with values in any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters.
If you want to count cells that contain a specific value or text string, you can replace the “>0” in the Excel formula with the value or text string you want to count.
For example:
"=COUNTIF(range,"apples")"Would count the number of cells in the range that contain the word “apples”.
How to Count Greater Than 0 in Excel Example
Suppose you have a range of data in column A, and you want to count how many cells are greater than 0. You can use the following formula:
=COUNTIF(A1:A8,">0")
This formula counts the number of cells in column A that are greater than 0.
Here’s a breakdown of the formula:
- “COUNTIF” is the function we’re using to count the number of cells that meet a single criteria.
- “A1:A8” refers to the range of cells we want to count. In this case, we want to count all the cells in column A.
- “>0” is the criteria we’re using. This means we want to count cells that are greater than 0.
Note that if your data includes text or blank cells, the COUNTIF function will ignore those cells and only count cells that contain numerical values greater than 0.