How to Count Rows with Value in Excel

In this tutorial, you will learn how to count rows with value in Excel.

To count the number of cells that match a requirement, such as the number of times a specific city occurs in a client list, use COUNTIF, one of the statistical functions.

Once ready, we’ll get started by utilizing real-world examples to show you how to count rows with value in Excel.

Anatomy of COUNTIF Functions

COUNTIF Function

=COUNTIF(range, criteria)

To count the number of cells that match a requirement, such as the number of times a specific city occurs in a client list, use COUNTIF, one of the statistical functions.

Count Rows with Value in Excel

Before we begin we will need a group of data to be used to count rows with value in Excel.

Step 1

First, you need to have a clean and tidy group of data to work with.

Step 2

In this example, we want to know the number of students attending our class. To do so, we can simply count rows with value in a formula like this =COUNTIF(B2:B6,”YES”).

Step 3

Once you press Enter, your formula will return the number of students attending class.