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Highcharts Basic Bar Chart

The following example demonstrates a basic bar chart.

We have already learned about Highcharts basic configuration syntax in the previous chapters. Now, let's look at other configurations.

Configuration

Chart Configuration

Set the chart's type property to bar, where chart.type describes the chart type. The default value is "line".

var chart = {
   type: 'bar'
};

Example

Filename: highcharts_bar_basic.htm

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts Tutorial | tutorialpro.org(tutorialpro.org)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
   var chart = {
      type: 'bar'
   };
   var title = {
      text: 'Historic World Population by Region'   
   };
   var subtitle = {
      text: 'Source: Wikipedia.org'  
   };
   var xAxis = {
      categories: ['Africa', 'America', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Oceania'],
      title: {
         text: null
      }
   };
   var yAxis = {
      min: 0,
      title: {
         text: 'Population (millions)',
         align: 'high'
      },
      labels: {
         overflow: 'justify'
      }
   };
   var tooltip = {
      valueSuffix: ' millions'
   };
   var plotOptions = {
      bar: {
         dataLabels: {
            enabled: true
         }
      }
   };
   var legend = {
      layout: 'vertical',
      align: 'right',
      verticalAlign: 'top',
      x: -40,
      y: 100,
      floating: true,
      borderWidth: 1,
      backgroundColor: ((Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'),
      shadow: true
   };
   var credits = {
      enabled: false
   };

   var series= [{
         name: 'Year 1800',
            data: [107, 31, 635, 203, 2]
        }, {
            name: 'Year 1900',
            data: [133, 156, 947, 408, 6]
        }, {
            name: 'Year 2008',
            data: [973, 914, 4054, 732, 34]      
        }
   ];     

   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title;   
   json.subtitle = subtitle; 
   json.tooltip = tooltip;
   json.xAxis = xAxis;
   json.yAxis = yAxis;  
   json.series = series;
   json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
   json.legend = legend;
   json.credits = credits;
   $('#container').highcharts(json);

});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Try it Yourself »

The output of the above example is:

Highcharts Bar Chart

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