Bar chart with R
A bar chart is a chart in which each category is represented by a horizontal rectangle, with the length of the rectangle proportional to the values being plotted.
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Bar chart
# Loading required packages
library(unhcrthemes)
library(tidyverse)
library(scales)
# Loading data
df <- read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GDS-ODSSS/unhcr-dataviz-platform/master/data/comparison/bar.csv")
# Plot
ggplot(df) +
geom_col(aes(
x = displaced_number,
y = reorder(country_origin, displaced_number)
),
fill = unhcr_pal(n = 1, "pal_blue"),
width = 0.8
) +
labs(
title = "People displaced across borders by country of origin | 2021",
x = "Number of people (in million)",
caption = "Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder\n© UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency"
) +
scale_x_continuous(
expand = expansion(c(0, 0.1)),
breaks = pretty_breaks(n = 7),
labels = label_number_si()
) +
theme_unhcr(
grid = "X",
axis = "y",
axis_title = "x"
)
Bar chart with labels
# Loading required packages
library(unhcrthemes)
library(tidyverse)
library(scales)
# Loading data
df <- read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GDS-ODSSS/unhcr-dataviz-platform/master/data/comparison/bar.csv")
# Plot
ggplot(df) +
geom_col(aes(
x = displaced_number,
y = reorder(country_origin, displaced_number)
),
fill = unhcr_pal(n = 1, "pal_blue"),
width = 0.8
) +
geom_text(aes(
x = displaced_number,
y = reorder(country_origin, displaced_number),
label = round(displaced_number / 1e6, 2)
),
hjust = -0.5,
size = 8 / .pt
) +
labs(
title = "People displaced across borders by country of origin | 2021",
subtitle = "Number of people (in million)",
caption = "Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder\n© UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency"
) +
scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(c(0, 0.1))) +
theme_unhcr(
grid = FALSE,
axis = "y",
axis_title = FALSE,
axis_text = "y"
)
