Excel COUNTIF to Count Cells Greater Than 1 (2 Examples)

 

Method 1 – Counting Cells Greater Than 1 in a Single Column

We have the Sales Status of a Store as our dataset. We’ll find the number of Items that have sold more than 1 unit.

excel countif greater than 1

Steps:

  • Use the following formula in cell D5.
=COUNTIF(C5:C11,">"&1)

The range of cells C5:C11 indicates the cells of the Sold Quantity column.

  • Press Enter.

Using COUNTIF Function for Single Column to find values greater than 1 in Excel

  • You will get the number of Items that have sold more than 1 unit in cell D5.

Read More: COUNTIF Between Two Cell Values in Excel


Method 2 – Computing the Number of Cells Greater Than 1 for Multiple Columns

We have the Daily Sales Data of a Store as our dataset. We’ll calculate the number of Items that are sold in more than 1 unit.

Applying COUNTIF Function for Multiple Columns to find values greater than 1 in Excel

Steps:

  • Apply the formula given below in cell G6.
=COUNTIF(C6:F12,">"&1)
  • Hit Enter.

Applying COUNTIF Function for Multiple Columns to find values greater than 1 in Excel

  • Here’s the output

Read More: How to Use COUNTIF for Non Contiguous Range in Excel


Using the Excel COUNTIF Function to Count Cells Greater Than 0

Steps:

  • Use the following formula in cell D5.
=COUNTIF(C5:C11,">"&0)
  • Hit Enter.

Using Excel COUNTIF Function to Count Cells Greater Than 0

  • Here’s the output.

Read More: How to Use COUNTIF Function in Excel Greater Than Percentage


Applying the Excel COUNTIF Function to Count Cells Greater Than a Specific Cell Value

Steps:

  • Use the following formula in cell D5.
=COUNTIF(C5:C11,">"&C13)

Cell C13 indicates the amount of Minimum Sales Qty.

  • Press Enter.

Excel COUNTIF Function to find values Greater Than Cell Value

  • You’ll get the count of cells that have a value greater than a specific cell (in this case, it is cell C13) in cell D5.

Read More: COUNTIF Function to Count Cells That Are Not Equal to Zero


Utilizing the Excel COUNTIF Function to Count Cells Greater Than the Reference Date

We have the Joining Information of Employees of a company. We’ll find the Number of Employees that joined after 1-Jan-22.

Steps:

  • Apply the following formula in cell D5.
=COUNTIF(C5:C11,">"&C13)

The range of cells C5:C11 indicates the cells of the Joining Date column, and cell C13 represents the Reference Date.

  • Hit Enter.

  • You will get the Number of Employees who joined after 1-Jan-22 in cell D5 as demonstrated in the following picture.


Practice Section

In the Excel Workbook, we have provided a Practice Section on the right side of the worksheet to help you test these methods.

Practice section to use the COUNTIF function to find values greater than 1


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Zahid Hassan, BSc, Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, has worked with Exceldmy for 1.5 years. He has written 95+ articles for Exceldemy. He has worked as an Excel & VBA Content Developer. He also worked as a VBA Developer for the Template team. Currently, he is working as a Junior Software Developer for the Excel Add-in project. He is interested in Software Development, Python, VBA, VB.NET, and Data Science, expanding his expertise in... Read Full Bio

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