Column chart#

Column charts display data as vertical bars. A feature of column charts allows for different data to be compared alongside one another. It is similar to bar charts, the difference being that bar charts have a horizontal representation of the data.

The column chart has the same options as a series. For an overview of the column chart options see the API reference.

Histogram#

Column charts can be used to make histogram charts by setting the padding between points and groups to 0.

plotOptions: {
column: {
pointPadding: 0,
borderWidth: 0,
groupPadding: 0,
shadow: false
}
}

Note that borderWidth and shadows are also turned off in the example so the columns do not overlap.

Stacked Column chart#

An essential feature of column charts is to represent data as stacked columns. Read more about stacking charts.