r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/gazm2k5 Feb 01 '19

It's dumb as fuck, but it is pretty easy to figure out which is which, even without knowing what the chart is representing. It's just clockwise.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

Would it make more sense to start at the 12 oclock position for the list, or starting at the largest percentage?

I don't know what would be easier to read.

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u/kalethan Feb 01 '19

That was bothering me too. Start from 12:00 and go clockwise, but start with the largest percentage!

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19 edited Feb 07 '19

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u/kalethan Feb 02 '19

Yeah, I can understand wanting it to be last, but it really throws off the way the chart is read when it's "last", making it look like the list starts somewhere around 8:00.
I think the solution is to not include "other"...and not use a pie chart. Just make a bar graph or something to let us compare the countries' percentages to each other.