4. Pie Chart

A pie chart looks like this:

pie chart example

A pie chart is used to show proportions and the total number of values will always add up to 100%.

Each portion of data is viewed as a 'slice' of the overall pie chart.

For example the pie chart above is showing where tourists visiting London come from. It shows that 11% of tourists come from the USA but most (78%) come from the European Union.

A pie chart is excellent for viewing the relative proportion of the data being graphed.

 

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Click on this link: Creating pie charts