Note: The other languages of the website are Google-translated. Back to English
Log in Register

How to calculate the percentage of yes and no from a list in Excel?

How could you calculate the percentage of yes and no text from a list of range cells in Excel worksheet? Maybe this article will help you to deal with the task.

Calculate the percentage of yes and no from a list of cells with formula

Calculate the percentage of yes and no from a list of cells with formula

To get the percentage of a specific text from a list of cells, the following formula can help you, please do as this:

1. Enter this formula: =COUNTIF(B2:B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2:B15) into a blank cell where you want to get the result, and then press Enter to a decimal number, see screenshot:

doc per of yes 1

2. Then you should change this cell format to percent, and you will get the result you need, see screenshot:

doc per of yes 2

Notes:

1. In the above formula，B2:B15 is the list of cells which contain the specific text you want to calculate the percentage;

2. To calculate the percentage of no text, please just apply this formula: =COUNTIF(B2:B15,"No")/COUNTA(B2:B15).

doc per of yes 3

The Best Office Productivity Tools

Kutools for Excel Solves Most of Your Problems, and Increases Your Productivity by 80%

  • Reuse: Quickly insert complex formulas, charts and anything that you have used before; Encrypt Cells with password; Create Mailing List and send emails...
  • Super Formula Bar (easily edit multiple lines of text and formula); Reading Layout (easily read and edit large numbers of cells); Paste to Filtered Range...
  • Merge Cells/Rows/Columns without losing Data; Split Cells Content; Combine Duplicate Rows/Columns... Prevent Duplicate Cells; Compare Ranges...
  • Select Duplicate or Unique Rows; Select Blank Rows (all cells are empty); Super Find and Fuzzy Find in Many Workbooks; Random Select...
  • Exact Copy Multiple Cells without changing formula reference; Auto Create References to Multiple Sheets; Insert Bullets, Check Boxes and more...
  • Extract Text, Add Text, Remove by Position, Remove Space; Create and Print Paging Subtotals; Convert Between Cells Content and Comments...
  • Super Filter (save and apply filter schemes to other sheets); Advanced Sort by month/week/day, frequency and more; Special Filter by bold, italic...
  • Combine Workbooks and WorkSheets; Merge Tables based on key columns; Split Data into Multiple Sheets; Batch Convert xls, xlsx and PDF...
  • More than 300 powerful features. Supports Office/Excel 2007-2019 and 365. Supports all languages. Easy deploying in your enterprise or organization. Full features 30-day free trial. 60-day money back guarantee.
kte tab 201905

Office Tab Brings Tabbed interface to Office, and Make Your Work Much Easier

  • Enable tabbed editing and reading in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Visio and Project.
  • Open and create multiple documents in new tabs of the same window, rather than in new windows.
  • Increases your productivity by 50%, and reduces hundreds of mouse clicks for you every day!
officetab bottom
Comments (16)
Rated 5 out of 5 · 1 ratings
Jessica
Jessica
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
I need a formula that functions similar to [ =COUNTIF(B2:B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2:B15) ] but that is for specific cells not a range. How would that work? if only some of them need to be incuded like B3,B3, B 10, B11, B15. How would that change the formula?
Reply
0
0
Jenni
Jenni     Jessica
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
I have the same question and can't find the answer...did you have any success?
Reply
0
0
Andy
Andy     Jessica
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
you would use "," instead of ":" so your formula would look like [ =COUNTIF(B2,B3,B10,B11,B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2,B3,B10,B11,B15) ]
Reply
0
0
Andy
Andy
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
you would use "," instead of ":" so your formula would look like [ =COUNTIF(B2,B3,B10,B11,B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2,B3,B10,B11,B15) ]
Reply
0
0
CHAKOURI
CHAKOURI
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Bonjour,

En utilisant votre formule j'arrive a une erreur et rien n'apparait est-ce normal ? d'autant plus que j'ai bien entré la formule ..
Pouvez vous m'aider svp ?
Merci
Reply
0
0
Joshua
Joshua
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Trying to find a way to use the function

=COUNTIF(F3:F17,F21:F35,P3:P17,P21:P35,F39:F53,P39:P53,Z3:Z17,Z21:Z35,Z39:Z53,AJ3:AJ17,AJ21:AJ35,AJ39:AJ53,"No")/COUNTA(F3:F17,F21:F35,P3:P17,P21:P35,F39:F53,P39:P53,Z3:Z17,Z21:Z35,Z39:Z53,AJ3:AJ17,AJ21:AJ35,AJ39:AJ53)
However, it says I can only have 2 arguments. Is there another function I have to use for this many ranges?

Any help is much appreciated!
Reply
0
0
Natalie
Natalie
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
this worked HOWEVER, when I do a sort the % does not change with the sorted data. How can I get the % to change when I sort?
Reply
0
0
MandyZhou
MandyZhou     Natalie
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Hello Nataile,
Glad to help. When you sort the data, you need to change the range in the Countif formula to absolute. Otherwise, the results will be wrong. For example, the first formula in the artical should be changed to: =COUNTIF($B$2:$B$15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2:B15) . Please have a try.

Sincerely,
Mandy
Reply
Report
0
0
Brandy Smith
Brandy Smith
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
How do you use the countif when you are trying 3 different criteria to equal a percentage.
Yes/No/NA
NA- should not impact the total combined percentage of Yes/No Answers. Using as an excel audit tool.

=IF(A23="","",COUNTIF(E23:I23,"Yes")/(COUNTIF(E23:I23,"Yes")+COUNTIF(E23:I23,"NO")))

This formula is still decreasing total score when N/A is selected in cell.
Reply
0
0
MandyZhou
MandyZhou     Brandy Smith
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Hello Brandy,
Thanks for your message. In B1:B10, there are 3 different data: Yes/No/NA. To calculate the percentage of the number of Yes of the total number of Yes and No, please input the formula: =IF(B1="","",COUNTIF(B1:B10,"Yes")/(COUNTIF(B1:B10,"Yes")+COUNTIF(B1:B10,"NO"))). You will get the correct result.
Sincerely,
Mandy
View Attachments (1 / 5)
Reply
Report
0
0
joel
joel
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
gracias, me sirvió la formula para calcular el % de SI y NO
Reply
0
0
Rated 5 out of 5
Dan
Dan
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Team Outcome
1 Won
2 lost
4 lost
5 lost
6 Won


=COUNTIF(Table1[[#Headers],[Outcome]],"Lost")/COUNTA(Table1[[#Headers],[Outcome]])

Why does this not work using the Tables parameters ?
Reply
0
0
Dan
Dan     Dan
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Forgot to mention, this returns 0 no matter the data
Reply
0
0
skyyang
skyyang     Dan
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Hello, Dan,
As you said, the formula does not work correctlly in a table format, so, you need to use it in a normal range. Please don't put the formula next to the table, locate it beyond the table, as below screenshot shown:
https://www.extendoffice.com/images/stories/comments/comment-skyyang/lost-percentage.png

Please try, hope it can help you!
Reply
Report
0
0
Jas
Jas
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Hi Mandy,

How do you use this formula =COUNTIF(B2:B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(B2:B15)

But to fetch data across multiple Sheets? For example I am looking for the word 'Yes' in a second sheet and third sheet but would like to populate the result on the first sheet.

Thank
Jas
Reply
0
0
skyyang
skyyang     Jas
This comment was minimized by the moderator on the site
Hello, Jas
If you want to get the percentage of Yes from multiple sheets, may be the below formula can help you:

=(COUNTIF(Sheet2!B2:B15,"Yes")+COUNTIF(Sheet3!B2:B15,"Yes"))/(COUNTA(Sheet2!B2:B15)+COUNTA(Sheet3!B2:B15))

But, if you just need to put the result in another sheet, please apply the below formula:
=COUNTIF(Sheet2!B2:B15,"Yes")/COUNTA(Sheet2!B2:B15)

Please have a try, hope it can help you! If you have any other question, please comment here.
Reply
Report
0
0
There are no comments posted here yet
Leave your comments
Guest
Posting as Guest
Login
×
Rate this post:
Reset
0   Characters
Suggested Locations