Bar Chart

Create customizable bar charts to visualize categorical data and compare values across different categories.

Chart Settings

Bar Chart

When to Use a Bar Chart

  • When comparing values across different categories
  • When showing changes over time for multiple categories
  • When displaying frequency distributions or discrete data

Benefits

  • Easily compares values across categories
  • Shows trends and patterns in data clearly
  • Works well with both positive and negative values

Disadvantages

  • Can become cluttered with too many categories
  • May not be ideal for showing proportions of a whole
  • Limited in displaying relationships between variables

Overview

  • Bar charts use rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values they represent
  • Bars can be plotted vertically or horizontally
  • They are particularly effective for comparing discrete categories