COUNT

Quirk found

Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the COUNT function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

Engine	Documented	Live-tested	Verdict
Excel	Yes	Not yet	n/a
Google Sheets	Yes	Not yet	n/a
LibreOffice Calc	Yes	Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06)	Quirk found

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when COUNT’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice version	Verdict	Tested
24.2.0.3	Quirk found	2026-07-19
24.8.7.2	Quirk found	2026-07-19
25.2.0.3	Quirk found	2026-07-24
25.8.7.3	Quirk found	2026-08-06

Why isn't COUNT working in LibreOffice?

COUNT exists in LibreOffice 25.8.7.3, but it is not a drop-in match for Excel — our executed tests found real behavioral differences (detailed in the test results on this page). If a formula that works in Excel or Google Sheets misbehaves in LibreOffice, compare your usage against the failing cases above before assuming your data is wrong.

Discovered quirks

=COUNT(A1:A6) on LibreOffice Calc returned 3, but the documented/expected result is 2. A3 and A6 are blank, A2 is text, A4 is a boolean cell; only A1=10 and A5=20 are counted; MISMATCH vs expected: expected 2, got 3
=COUNT(A1:A1) on LibreOffice Calc returned 1, but the documented/expected result is 0. Per Microsoft's COUNT documentation, booleans in a referenced range are excluded from COUNT, unlike booleans typed directly as literal arguments; MISMATCH vs expected: expected 0, got 1

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

Formula	Description	Result	Expected	Verdict
=COUNT(A1:A6)	COUNT only counts numeric cells in a range; text, blanks, and booleans (when referenced via a range) are all excluded	3	2 A3 and A6 are blank, A2 is text, A4 is a boolean cell; only A1=10 and A5=20 are counted	Mismatch
=COUNT(A1:A1)	A boolean value referenced through a cell range is NOT counted by COUNT	1	0 Per Microsoft's COUNT documentation, booleans in a referenced range are excluded from COUNT, unlike booleans typed directly as literal arguments	Mismatch
=COUNT(1,TRUE)	Contrast with COUNT_boolean_in_range_excluded: a logical value typed directly into the argument list IS counted	2	2 Microsoft's COUNT docs: "Logical values and text representations of numbers that you type directly into the list of arguments are counted" - this differs from the same boolean sitting in a cell reference	Matched
=COUNT(A1:A5)	A range with no values at all counts as 0	0	0	Matched