The mean tool computes the arithmetic mean along the specified axis.
import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = 0) #Output : [ 2. 3.]
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = 1) #Output : [ 1.5 3.5]
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = None) #Output : 2.5
print numpy.mean(my_array) #Output : 2.5