SKEW.P Function in Excel: Skewness of a Population

SKEW.P Function in Excel: Skewness of a Population 1
⏱ 1 min readUpdated 5 October 2026

StatisticsLevel: ExpertAvailable in: Excel 2013+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. SKEW.P in practice
  5. Where you will use it
  6. Worked example
  7. Mistakes people make
  8. Related functions

SKEW.P measures lopsidedness of a complete data set; SKEW is the sample version.

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Syntax

=SKEW.P(number1, [number2], ...)
Argument What it means
number1… Values

Examples

Example 1

=ROUND(SKEW.P(INDEX($H$1:$N$3,A2,0)),3)

Result: 1.979. See the worked example table below for more cases.

SKEW.P in practice

Where you will use it

  • Skewness of a full year's daily sales
  • Income distribution
  • Quality data

Worked example

CaseFormulaResult
1=ROUND(SKEW.P(INDEX($H$1:$N$3,A2,0)),3)1.979
2=ROUND(SKEW.P(INDEX($H$1:$N$3,A3,0)),3)0
3=ROUND(SKEW.P(INDEX($H$1:$N$3,A4,0)),3)-1.99

Results calculated in Excel.

Mistakes people make

MistakeWhat to do instead
Sample dataUse SKEW
Fewer than 3 values#DIV/0!

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