diff --git a/admin/class-scans-stats.php b/admin/class-scans-stats.php
index 943986d1b..02ca7f26a 100644
--- a/admin/class-scans-stats.php
+++ b/admin/class-scans-stats.php
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ function ( $item ) {
 			$data['posts_without_issues'] = $wpdb->get_var( $posts_without_issues ) + $wpdb->get_var( $posts_with_just_ignored_issues );
 			$data['avg_issues_per_post']  = round( ( $data['warnings'] + $data['errors'] ) / $data['posts_scanned'], 2 );
 
-			if ( $data['avg_issues_per_post'] < 1 && 0 !== $data['avg_issues_per_post'] ) {
+			// Show "< 1" only when there are issues but the average is less than 1 (excluding exactly 0).
+			if ( $data['avg_issues_per_post'] < 1 && $data['avg_issues_per_post'] > 0 ) {
 				$data['avg_issues_per_post'] = '< 1';
 			}
 		}