In the previous chapters, we learned how to setup highcharts library and how to create a chart with required configurations using highcharts library in our webpage. Now, we will learn how to create a pie chart using highcharts library with examples.
Following is the example of creating a pie chart by setting the required chart properties using highcharts library.
<html>
<head>
<title>Highcharts Pie Chart</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Browser market shares in January, 2018'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
format: '<b>{point.name}</b>: {point.percentage:.1f} %',
style: {
color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.contrastTextColor) || 'black'
}
}
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Brands',
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: 'Chrome',
y: 61.41,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Internet Explorer',
y: 11.84
}, {
name: 'Firefox',
y: 10.85
}, {
name: 'Edge',
y: 4.67
}, {
name: 'Safari',
y: 4.18
}, {
name: 'Sogou Explorer',
y: 1.64
}, {
name: 'Opera',
y: 1.6
}, {
name: 'QQ',
y: 1.2
}, {
name: 'Other',
y: 2.61
}]
}]
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 100%; height: 400px;"> </div>
</body>
</html>
If you observe the above example, we created a pie chart using highcharts library with required properties.
When we execute the above highcharts example, we will get the result like as shown below.
This is how we can create a pie chart using highcharts library with required properties.