pie graphs

Sliced data circles

Pie graphs are circular charts divided into wedge-shaped sections, each representing a proportion of the whole.

The slices show how parts relate to a total—budget categories, market share, survey responses.

The pie graph showed that housing consumed forty percent of their income.

Also called pie charts.

Related

percentage · percentage breakdown · segments · circles · whole picture · data · statistics · proportions · comparison · Pac-Man · ratios · market share · budget breakdown · business · presentation · wedge · education · reporting

Opposites
data visualization type

pie graphsbar charts

Diagrams using rectangles for quantities

bar graphs · line graphs · histograms · scatter plots · tables

PART-TO-WHOLE vs. OTHER RELATIONSHIPS

pie graphstrend lines

Directional patterns in data

scatter plots · line graphs · flow charts · Gantt charts · heat maps

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G