SQL VARIANCE : MySQL on population standard variance

MySQL aggregate function VARIANCE() returns population standard variance of the input field / data. It returns NULL if no matching row is found.

VARIANCE() is synonym of the SQL function VAR_POP().
VAR_SAMP() returns the sample variance .

Here are some examples using our student table.

SELECT  VARIANCE(mark),VAR_POP(mark), VAR_SAMP(mark) FROM `student`

Output is here

VARIANCE(mark)	VAR_POP(mark)	VAR_SAMP(mark)
272.1728395061727	272.1728395061727	282.6410256410255

By using FORMAT()

Restrict decimal places by using FORMAT()

SELECT  FORMAT(VARIANCE(mark),2) FROM `student`

Output is here

FORMAT(VARIANCE(mark),2)
272.17

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VARIANCE: population standard variance

By using FORMAT()

Subhendu Mohapatra