Bar and column
Bars and columns for comparing sizes across categories.
The idea
Bar and column charts compare values by length along a shared baseline, the most accurate thing people read in any chart. That is why they carry most of the comparisons you will ever publish. Group them to compare two measures, stack them to show totals and their parts, and sort them so the ranking reads at a glance.
Where to use it
- Comparing sales, votes or survey answers across categories
- This year against last year, or target against actual
- Totals broken into their parts with stacked bars
- Showing many categories with long labels as horizontal bars
Templates
Start from any of these templates and swap in your own data.
Bar chart
Column chart
Grouped Bar Chart
Column chart (grouped)
Bar chart (stacked)
Column chart (stacked)
Bar chart with filter
Column chart (with highlight)
Dual Racing
Diverging stacked bar chart
Stacked column chart (Likert scale)
Color by row bar chart
Column chart (proportional)
Survey bars
Grid of stacked column charts
Bar chart (change indicator)
Line + column
Diverging bar chart
Grid of column charts
Bar chart (proportional)
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