[discrete]
[[esql-agg-median]]
=== `MEDIAN`
The value that is greater than half of all values and less than half of
all values, also known as the 50% <<esql-agg-percentile>>.

[source.merge.styled,esql]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats_percentile.csv-spec[tag=median]
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[%header.monospaced.styled,format=dsv,separator=|]
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include::{esql-specs}/stats_percentile.csv-spec[tag=median-result]
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NOTE: Like <<esql-agg-percentile>>, `MEDIAN` is <<esql-agg-percentile-approximate,usually approximate>>.

[WARNING]
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`MEDIAN` is also {wikipedia}/Nondeterministic_algorithm[non-deterministic].
This means you can get slightly different results using the same data.
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