counting null values in pandas code example

Example 1: count nan pandas

#Python, pandas
#Count missing values for each column of the dataframe df

df.isnull().sum()

Example 2: python count null values in dataframe

# Count total missing values in a dataframe

df.isnull().sum().sum()

# Gives a integer value

Example 3: find the number of nan per column pandas

In [1]: s = pd.Series([1,2,3, np.nan, np.nan])

In [4]: s.isna().sum()   # or s.isnull().sum() for older pandas versions
Out[4]: 2

Example 4: how to count null values in pandas and return as percentage

percent_missing = df.isnull().sum() * 100 / len(df)