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How to average a range of data ignoring zero in Excel?

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Normally, the Average function can help you to calculate the average of range including zeroes in Excel. But here, you want to exclude the zeroes when you apply the Average function. How could you ignore zeroes in an average calculation?

Average a range of data ignoring zeroes with formula

Average/sum/count a range of data ignoring zeroes with Kutools for Excel

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If you are using Excel 2007/2010/2013, this simple AVERAGEIF function can help you to solve this problem quickly and easily.

1. Enter this formula =AVERAGEIF(B2:B13,"<>0") in a blank cell besides your data, see screenshot:

Average data ignoring zeroes with formula

Note: In the above formula, B2:B13 is the range data that you want to average exclude zeroes, you can change it as your need. If there are blank cells in the range, this formula also average the data exclude the blank cells.

2. Then press Enter key, and you will get the result which has excluded zero values. See screenshot:

get the result

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If you want to sum/average/count ignoring zero cells, you can apply Kutools for Excel's Select Specific Cells utility to select non-zero cells, and then view the calculation result in the Status bar.

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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the range you want to average, click Kutools > Select > Select Specific Cells. See screenshot:
click Select Specific Cells feature of kutools

2. In the popping dialog, check Cell option, and then choose Does not equal from first drop down list in Specific type section, and go to right textbox to enter 0. See screenshot:
specify options in the dialog box

3. Click Ok, and all cells have been selected exclude zeros, and you can view the average, sum, count result in the Status bar. See screenshot:
all cells have been selected exclude zeros and get the calculations in Status bar

Tip. If you want to have a free trial of the Select Specific Cells function, please go to free download Kutools for Excel first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

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