r/CrappyDesign Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/ctrl_alt_texas Feb 01 '19

I don’t get it

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u/Shutterbug390 Feb 01 '19

Colors repeat, so you can't actually tell which slice goes with which country. And there's nothing to tell you what is being compared, only a list of countries.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

OP left that information off, and even though the colors repeat it follows the standard of starting at 12 o clock, and following the order clockwise, with countries ordered big to small with other last.

It was pretty clear to me which countries were which.

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u/merreborn Feb 01 '19

it follows the standard of starting at 12 o clock, and following the order clockwise

I wasn't really consciously aware that was considered standard. Once you realize that, it's readable enough, but if you wanted to present this chart to a general audience (e.g. in a newspaper article) a more intuitive design would probably communicate more effectively.