How to Write a Greater Than or Equal To Formula in Excel

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Plus, some troubleshooting tips to fix some common issues with this operator

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Last Updated: May 15, 2024 Fact Checked

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Using Greater Than or Equal To

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Are you trying to write a greater than or equal to formula in Excel? The symbol for greater than or equal to is ">=" in Excel. With this formula, you can check to see if one value is bigger than or the same value as another. In this article, we'll teach you exactly how to use this operator and go over a couple of common troubleshooting questions.

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In Excel, greater than or equal to is written as ">=". Greater than or equal to is a logical operator, meaning it will always return a TRUE or FALSE value. Use it to compare two cells or numbers to see if one of the values is bigger than the other.

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Using Greater Than or Equal To

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Open your Excel document and select the cell that will hold the formula. The greater than or equal to (>=) operator is used in a formula. You can create very simple formulas with this operator, or more complex ones with functions like AND, COUNTIFS, and more.
[value 1] and [value 2] can be numbers or reference cells. For example, if you wanted to check if cell A1 was greater than or equal to the number 500, you would write A2>=5000.

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Press ↵ Enter. The cell will populate with the result from the formula, which will be either TRUE or FALSE. Greater than or equal to is a logical operator, which means the only result it can give is "true" or "false" depending on if the formula, once filled in with your cell references, is true or not.^{[1]
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- In the example above, if A1's value was 6,000, the statement AD>=5000 would be TRUE. If A1's value was 5,000, the statement would also be TRUE.
- The statement would only be FALSE if A1's value was any number less than 5,000.

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Greater than or equal to works best with numbers. While you can use logical operators with textual-based data, it may not work as expected. If you're using textual data instead of numerical, try switching to numbers. Otherwise, you may need to use a different function.
Check to make sure your cells have the right data type. Even if your cells have numbers in them, if they're the wrong data type, Excel might get confused. Highlight the cells, right-click (ctrl-click on Mac), and select Format cells. Then, in the number tab, make sure the data type is set to "General" or "Number."