Percentile Calculator
Rank your data points. Enter a list of numbers and a target percentile to find the value that represents that threshold in your distribution.
What is a percentile?
A percentile is a measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls. For example, the 20th percentile is the value below which 20% of the observations may be found.
How do you calculate percentile?
The most common formula is: Rank = (P / 100) * (N + 1), where P is the desired percentile and N is the number of items in the data set. After finding the rank, you locate the value at that position in the sorted data set.
What is the difference between percentile and percentage?
A percentage is a number out of 100 (e.g., 80% on a test). A percentile compares you to others (e.g., scoring in the 80th percentile means you performed better than 80% of the people who took the test).
What is the 50th percentile?
The 50th percentile is exactly the same as the Median of a data set. Half of the values are below it, and half are above.