FORMULA & SQL / TOTALS

Count rows above the average.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

Row	A: Region	B: Rep	C: Amount	D: Order Date	E: Status	F: Customer
2	North	Ana	1,200	2026-03-01	Paid	Jo Smith
3	South	Ben	450	2026-03-15	Open	Raj Patel
4	North	Cy	300	2026-04-02	Paid	Lee Wong
5	East	Ana	980.50	2026-04-20	Paid	Mia Ross
6	North	Ben	75	2026-05-05	Open	Jo Smith
7	West	Dee	1,640	2026-05-18	Paid	Sam Okoro

Excel

=COUNTIF(C2:C7,">"&AVERAGE(C2:C7))

The number of cells in the Amount column (C2:C7) that are more than the average of the Amount column (C2:C7).

Run on the example rows:

Result3

PostgreSQL

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

Run on the example rows:

above_average
3

Other databases

MySQL

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

SQL Server

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

SQLite

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

BigQuery

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

Snowflake

SELECT COUNT(*) AS above_average
FROM sales
WHERE amount > (SELECT AVG(amount) FROM sales)

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗