Excel PERCENTILE Function

Math Function ยท Intermediate Level

What is PERCENTILE?

Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range. Find where a value stands relative to the dataset.

Syntax

=PERCENTILE(array, k)

Example

Formula: =PERCENTILE(A1:A100, 0.9)

Result: 90th percentile value

How It Works

Returns the value at which k percent of the data falls below. k=0.9 returns the 90th percentile (top 10% threshold).

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