PERCENTRANK
Quirk foundCategory: Compatibility · Last tested 2026-09-01
Real compatibility results for the PERCENTRANK function: executed in Excel for the web, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc, with desktop Excel behavior from Microsoft’s official documentation (we do not run desktop Excel — Excel for the web is a different application and is executed separately). Syntax and links to that documentation are below.
Support matrix
| Engine | Documented | Live-tested | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel (desktop) | Yes | No — documented only | n/a |
| Excel for the web | — | Yes (recalc, 2026-09-01) | Quirk found |
| Google Sheets | Yes | Yes (Drive import, 2026-08-29) | Supported, behaves as documented |
| LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-04) | Supported, behaves as documented |
LibreOffice version history
We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when PERCENTRANK’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.
| LibreOffice version | Verdict | Tested |
|---|---|---|
| 24.2.0.3 | Supported, behaves as documented | 2026-08-29 |
| 24.8.7.2 | Supported, behaves as documented | 2026-08-29 |
| 25.2.0.3 | Supported, behaves as documented | 2026-08-29 |
| 25.8.7.3 | Supported, behaves as documented | 2026-08-04 |
Discovered quirks
-
=PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,30) on
Excel for the web returned
0.666, but the documented/expected
result is 0.667.
Provenance
MISMATCH vs expected: expected 0.667, got 0.666
Executed test cases
Excel for the web (executed 2026-09-01 via OneDrive recalculation)
These values come from Excel for the web, not from desktop Excel. They are two different implementations of the calculation engine, and this run measured only the web one: the corpus was uploaded to OneDrive as .xlsx, recalculated by Excel for the web on open, and downloaded again for readback. Excel for the web is a rolling service with no pinnable version, so the run is identified by its date. Where a value here disagrees with the Expected column — which is Microsoft’s documentation of the desktop product — we cannot tell you whether the web engine diverges from the desktop one or the documentation is wrong about both, because we do not run desktop Excel.
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,30) | Rank of a value that sits at the third of four points (2/3 of the way up) | 0.666 | 0.667 | Mismatch |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,10) | The smallest value ranks at 0 | 0 | 0 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,40) | The largest value ranks at 1 | 1 | 1 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,25) | A value between two data points is interpolated (25 sits halfway between the 20 and 30 ranks) | 0.5 | 0.5 | Matched |
Google Sheets (executed 2026-08-29 via Drive import)
Google Sheets is a rolling service with no pinnable version, so this run is identified by its date. The corpus was imported to Drive as .xlsx, recalculated by Sheets, and exported back for readback.
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,30) | Rank of a value that sits at the third of four points (2/3 of the way up) | 0.667 | 0.667 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,10) | The smallest value ranks at 0 | 0 | 0 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,40) | The largest value ranks at 1 | 1 | 1 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,25) | A value between two data points is interpolated (25 sits halfway between the 20 and 30 ranks) | 0.5 | 0.5 | Matched |
LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-04)
| Formula | Description | Result | Expected | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,30) | Rank of a value that sits at the third of four points (2/3 of the way up) | 0.667 | 0.667 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,10) | The smallest value ranks at 0 | 0 | 0 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,40) | The largest value ranks at 1 | 1 | 1 | Matched |
| =PERCENTRANK(A1:A4,25) | A value between two data points is interpolated (25 sits halfway between the 20 and 30 ranks) | 0.5 | 0.5 | Matched |
Docs & syntax
- Excel (desktop): official documentation
- Google Sheets: official documentation
- LibreOffice Calc: official documentation
Related how-to recipes
Where PERCENTRANK behaves differently
- PERCENTRANK significance: Excel truncates, Sheets and LibreOffice round
Executed: PERCENTRANK.INC(A2:A11,4) returns 0.556 in LibreOffice 25.8.7.3 and Google Sheets, and 0.555 in Excel for the web, where Microsoft publishes 0.555, and at significance 1 PERCENTRANK.EXC returns 0.4 against a published 0.3. The ranking arithmetic matches everywhere; only the significance step differs, and only on repeating decimals.