SMALL Function in Excel – Return Kth Smallest Value in Excel

SMALL Function in Excel returns the Kth Smallest value from an array of numeric values.

Syntax of SMALL Function in Excel:

SMALL( array, k )

array – An array of numeric values from which you want to find the k’th smallest value.
K- The index. Value of K that is passed to find the kth smallest value.

Example of SMALL Function in Excel:

Formula

SMALL Function in Excel 1

First Example finds the smallest value
Second Example finds the 2^nd smallest value
Third Example finds the 5^th smallest value
Fourth Example finds the 7^th smallest value

So the result will be

Result:

SMALL Function in Excel 2

NOTE: #NUM! – Error Occurs:

If the supplied value of k is less than 1 or greater than the number of values in the supplied array
If the supplied array is empty