The AVG() function returns the average value of a numeric column.
SQL AVG() Syntax
SELECT AVG(column_name) FROM table_name
SQL AVG() Example
The following SQL statement gets the average value of the “Price” column from the “Products” table:
Example
SELECT AVG(Price) AS PriceAverage FROM Products;
The following SQL statement selects the “ProductName” and “Price” records that have an above average price:
Example
SELECT ProductName, Price FROM Products
WHERE Price>(SELECT AVG(Price) FROM Products);
WHERE Price>(SELECT AVG(Price) FROM Products);