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STDEV.P

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the STDEV.P 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

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

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

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=STDEV.P(A1:A8) Population standard deviation on the SAME dataset {2,4,4,4,5,5,7,9} used for STDEV/STDEV.S - divides by n instead of n-1, giving a smaller, exact result (2) vs the sample stdev's 2.138089935299395 2 2
Population variance=32/8=4 exactly; sqrt(4)=2		 Matched
=STDEV.P(A1:A2) Same two-point data as the sample-stdev cases (10,20) but population formula divides by n=2 instead of n-1=1, giving a much smaller result 5 5
Population variance=((10-15)^2+(20-15)^2)/2=25; sqrt(25)=5, vs sample stdev's 7.0710678118654755 on identical data		 Matched
=STDEV.P(A1:A1) Unlike STDEV.S/STDEV, a single value does NOT error for the population formula, since it divides by n (=1), not n-1 0 0
Population variance of one point = 0/1 = 0, a valid result - genuine divergence from STDEV.S's #DIV/0! on the same single-cell input		 Matched

Docs & syntax

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