A bar chart renders values as horizontal bars, making it well suited for ranking data and accommodating long category labels. A single-series layout keeps the comparison clean and direct.
This sample ranks the deadliest earthquakes of the 20th century by death toll, from the 1976 Tian Shan disaster to events in Messina, Ashgabat, and beyond. The dark Earth theme emphasizes the somber subject, and each bar clearly shows the relative scale of human loss.
Follow the step-by-step Bar Chart Tutorial to learn how this chart was built. See the Bar Chart documentation for all configuration options.