Doughnut Chart Maker
Paste labels and amounts, or upload a spreadsheet, and get a doughnut chart with the total in the middle and each share as a percentage. Download as PNG or Excel.
- Runs in your browser
- Free
- No sign-up
Paste cells from Excel or Google Sheets, or type rows separated by tabs or commas.
Chart data as a table
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How to Make a Doughnut Chart Online
- Add your data. Paste cells copied from Excel or Google Sheets into the Data box, or upload an .xlsx, .xls or .csv file. The sample data shows the layout.
- Check the headers. The first row is used as column names when it has no numbers in it; untick "First row is headers" if that guess is wrong.
- Give the chart a title. It is drawn at the top of the image and used for the file names.
- Download. PNG for slides, documents and email (drawn at twice the on-screen size so it stays sharp), SVG for print and the web, or Excel for the numbers behind the chart.
When to Use a Doughnut Chart
A doughnut (donut) chart shows parts of a whole like a pie chart, with the center cut out. The hole is useful space: this tool puts the overall total there, so one chart answers both how much in total and how it splits.
It suits dashboards and reports that show a few categories, typically two to six. With many small parts, a bar graph is clearer.
How to Lay Out Your Data
Labels in the first column, amounts in the second. Shares are worked out from the total, so raw counts or dollars are fine. Only the first numeric column is drawn.
How to Make a Doughnut Chart in Excel
To build the same chart natively in Excel, download the Excel file above (or use your own sheet) and:
- Select the labels and amounts.
- Go to Insert > Insert Pie or Doughnut Chart > Doughnut.
- To change the ring width, right-click the ring, choose Format Data Series and set Doughnut Hole Size.
- Excel does not print the total in the hole; add a text box linked to a cell holding =SUM() if you want one.
What This Doughnut Chart Maker Does Not Do
- One ring only. Excel can draw several series as nested rings; this tool uses the first value column.
- Zero and negative amounts are left out, and past eight slices the smallest are combined into Other.
Other Chart Makers
Every chart maker takes the same pasted or uploaded data, and you can switch type in the Chart type box without retyping anything. To chart a whole workbook column by column, with grouping by sum, count or average, use the Excel chart maker.
- Bar Graph Maker: Compare categories as bars; paste data, download PNG or Excel.
- Line Graph Maker: Plot a trend over time with one line per series.
- Pie Chart Maker: Show parts of a whole with percentages worked out.
- Scatter Plot Maker: Plot X against Y to see whether two numbers are related.
- Radar Chart Maker: Compare profiles across several attributes on a spider chart.
- Histogram Maker: Count a column of numbers into bins to see its spread.
- Area Chart Maker: A line graph with the volume underneath shaded in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Excel and most style guides spell it doughnut, and many chart tools spell it donut. It is a pie chart with a hole in the middle.
The sum of the slices that are drawn, which is the total of your positive amounts. It is formatted with thousands separators and up to two decimal places.
Both are shown. Slices of 5% or more carry their percentage, and the legend lists every slice with its amount and percentage.
It contains the chart's data, laid out the way Excel's Insert > Chart expects, not a chart object. Open it, select the cells and insert the chart type named in the steps above; it takes a few seconds and gives you a native chart you can restyle. For a finished picture, use Download PNG.
No. Pasted data and uploaded files are read and drawn in your browser, and the PNG, SVG and Excel files are made there too. Nothing is sent to a server.