How to Create a Pie Chart in R using GGPLot2

Prerequisites

library("ggplot2")  # Data visualization
library("dplyr")    # Data manipulation

count.data <- data.frame(
  class = c("1st", "2nd", "3rd", "Crew"),
  n = c(325, 285, 706, 885),
  prop = c(14.8, 12.9, 32.1, 40.2)
)
count.data

##   class   n prop
## 1   1st 325 14.8
## 2   2nd 285 12.9
## 3   3rd 706 32.1
## 4  Crew 885 40.2

# Add label position
count.data <- count.data %>%
  arrange(desc(class)) %>%
  mutate(lab.ypos = cumsum(prop) - 0.5*prop)
count.data

##   class   n prop lab.ypos
## 1  Crew 885 40.2     20.1
## 2   3rd 706 32.1     56.3
## 3   2nd 285 12.9     78.8
## 4   1st 325 14.8     92.6

Pie chart

• Create the pie charts using ggplot2 verbs. Key function: geom_bar() + coord_polar().
• Add text labels: geom_text()
• Change fill color manually: scale_color_manual()
• Apply theme_void() to remove axes, background, etc

mycols <- c("#0073C2FF", "#EFC000FF", "#868686FF", "#CD534CFF")

ggplot(count.data, aes(x = "", y = prop, fill = class)) +
  geom_bar(width = 1, stat = "identity", color = "white") +
  coord_polar("y", start = 0)+
  geom_text(aes(y = lab.ypos, label = prop), color = "white")+
  scale_fill_manual(values = mycols) +
  theme_void()

Donut chart

Donut chart chart is just a simple pie chart with a hole inside.

The only difference between the pie chart code is that we set: x = 2 and xlim = c(0.5, 2.5) to create the hole inside the pie chart. Additionally, the argument width in the function geom_bar() is no longer needed.

ggplot(count.data, aes(x = 2, y = prop, fill = class)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity", color = "white") +
  coord_polar(theta = "y", start = 0)+
  geom_text(aes(y = lab.ypos, label = prop), color = "white")+
  scale_fill_manual(values = mycols) +
  theme_void()+
  xlim(0.5, 2.5)