[discrete]
[[esql-agg-avg]]
=== `AVG`
The average of a numeric field.

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include::{esql-specs}/stats.csv-spec[tag=avg]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats.csv-spec[tag=avg-result]
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The result is always a `double` not matter the input type.