COUNTIFS Function Explained

The COUNTIFS Function in Microsoft Excel is used to count the number of cells in a range that meet multiple criteria. It takes two or more range/criteria pairs as arguments and returns the count of cells that meet all the criteria.

COUNTIFS Function Syntax

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

  • criteria_range1: The range of cells that you want to apply the criteria against.
  • criteria1: The criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text that defines which cells will be counted.
  • criteria_range2: (Optional) The range of cells that you want to apply the criteria against.
  • criteria2: (Optional) The criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text that defines which cells will be counted.