Calculate your GATE percentile from your rank and the number of candidates in your paper, or estimate your rank or the total candidates from a percentile.

Candidates who appeared in your GATE paper that year, as published with the results.

Percentile convention and precision

GATE Percentile Formula

The following two example problems outline the steps and information needed to calculate the GATE Percentile.

G = (N - R + 1) / N ร— 100

Variables:

  • G is the rank-based percentile estimate (%) under the inclusive convention
  • N is the total number of candidates 
  • R is your current rank 

For the inclusive estimate, subtract (rank โˆ’ 1) from the number of candidates who appeared in the cohort, divide by that candidate count, then multiply by 100. For the strictly-below estimate, use (N โˆ’ R) / N ร— 100. Neither expression accounts for ties from rank alone.

How to Calculate GATE Percentile?

The following steps outline how to calculate the GATE Percentile.


  1. First, determine the total number of candidates. 
  2. Next, determine your current rank. 
  3. Next, gather the formula from above = G% = (N – R + 1) / N * 100.
  4. Finally, calculate the GATE Percentile.
  5. After inserting the variables and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Use the following variables as an example problem to test your knowledge.

total number of candidates = 1000

your current rank = 990

G% = (1000 โˆ’ 990 + 1) / 1000 ร— 100 = 1.1% under the inclusive convention.