---
title: Average
description: Compute the average value of a field
canonical: https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/metrics/average
---

The following query computes the average value over a specific field:

<CodeGroup>
```sql SQL
SELECT pdb.agg('{"avg": {"field": "rating"}}') FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```ts Drizzle
import { search } from "@paradedb/drizzle-paradedb";

await db
  .select({
    agg: search.agg({ avg: { field: "rating" } }),
  })
  .from(mockItems)
  .where(search.all(mockItems.id));
```

```python Django
from paradedb import Agg, All, ParadeDB

MockItem.objects.filter(
    id=ParadeDB(All())
).aggregate(agg=Agg('{"avg": {"field": "rating"}}'))
```

```python SQLAlchemy
from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
from paradedb.sqlalchemy import facets, pdb, search

stmt = (
    select(pdb.agg(facets.avg(field="rating")))
    .select_from(MockItem)
    .where(search.all(MockItem.id))
)

with Session(engine) as session:
    session.execute(stmt).all()
```

```ruby Rails
MockItem.search(:id)
        .match_all
        .facets_agg(agg: ParadeDB::Aggregations.avg(:rating))
```

```cs EF Core
await dbContext
    .MockItems.Where(item => EF.Functions.All(item.Id))
    .Select(item => EF.Functions.Agg(new { avg = new { field = "rating" } }))
    .ToListAsync();
```

</CodeGroup>

```ini Expected Response
              agg
-------------------------------
 {"value": 3.8536585365853657}
(1 row)
```

See the [Tantivy documentation](https://docs.rs/tantivy/latest/tantivy/aggregation/metric/struct.AverageAggregation.html) for all available options.

## SQL Average Syntax

SQL's `AVERAGE` syntax is supported in beta. To enable it, first run

```sql
SET paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan TO on;
```

With this feature enabled, the following query is equivalent to the above and is executed in the same way.

```sql SQL
SELECT AVG(rating) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

By default, `AVG` ignores null values. Use `COALESCE` to include them in the final average:

```sql SQL
SELECT AVG(COALESCE(rating, 0)) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```
