Bar chart
The classic bar chart — unbeaten in simplicity, and more readable than a column chart on mobile screens. Adjust its design to your needs in Datawrapper.
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Split bars
Great for population pyramids, or for all other cases when you want readers to compare categories across multiple columns.
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Stacked bars
A popular choice to visualize poll results on an “Agree” to “Disagree” scale — and helpful for all situations when you want your readers to compare shares in different categories.
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Grouped bars
A helpful variation on the classic bar chart to compare values across two or more categories.
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Bullet bars
If you want to show how planned or estimated numbers compare to actual ones, bullet charts are a good choice.
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Dot plot
Dot plots are similar to bar charts, but don’t need to start at zero. You can show multiple dots per category, making them a space-saving choice.
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Range plot
Range plots are great to show the difference between two variables. It’s an efficient alternative to using grouped bar charts.
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Arrow plot
Arrow plots are useful to compare a metric in different categories at two times, like today and three years ago.
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Column chart
The classic column chart is easy to read, and useful for more than just categories. Datawrapper column charts can have dates on their x-axes, making them a good choice to show how something develops over time.
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Grouped column chart
A helpful variation on the classic column chart to compare values across two or more categories.
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Stacked column chart
To show which sub-categories your categories are made of, the stacked column chart is a good choice.
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Area chart
Similar to the line chart, the area chart can show developments over time in multiple categories — as well the sum of their values.
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Line chart
Line charts are great to show developments over time. They’re especially helpful when labeled directly, like the country labels in the chart on the right.
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Multiple lines
All the benefits of a line chart, now in a small multiple layout.
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Scatter plot
Scatter plots are useful for showing correlation between two (or more!) variables. Like between ice cream consumption and happiness. Or between Datawrapper usage and beautiful charts.
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Pie chart
Unloved by some, pie charts are very intuitive when you want to show shares of a whole — and therefore earn their place in our chart type collection.
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Donut chart
Donut charts are similar to pie charts, but offer space in the donut hole for extra information.
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Multiple pies
Sometimes, one pie isn’t enough. Multiple pies are an engaging way to compare multiple categories and their shares with each other.
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Multiple donuts
What’s better than one donut? Multiple donuts! Like the single donut, multiple donuts offer space for some extra information — which you can use, but don’t have to.
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Election donut
Parliament charts or election donuts are an intuitive way to show which parties sit in a legislature.
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