Box plot

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Chart showing the use of box plots with outliers. The chart makes use
        of a plot line to show the theoretical mean value across the y-axis.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

body {
    font-family:
        -apple-system,
        BlinkMacSystemFont,
        "Segoe UI",
        Roboto,
        Helvetica,
        Arial,
        "Apple Color Emoji",
        "Segoe UI Emoji",
        "Segoe UI Symbol",
        sans-serif;
    background: var(--highcharts-background-color);
    color: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-100);
}

#container {
    height: 400px;
}

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 310px;
    max-width: 700px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border: 1px solid var(--highcharts-neutral-color-10, #e6e6e6);
    margin: 10px auto;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 500px;
}

.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-60, #666);
}

.highcharts-data-table th {
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table td,
.highcharts-data-table th,
.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table thead tr,
.highcharts-data-table tbody tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-3, #f7f7f7);
}

.highcharts-description {
    background: light-dark(#f2f6f2, #323232);
    border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
    border-left: 2px solid light-dark(#1d6aff, #fff);
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-style: italic;
    padding: 8px 16px;
    margin: 2em 10px 1em;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {

    chart: {
        type: 'boxplot'
    },

    title: {
        text: 'Highcharts Box Plot Example'
    },

    legend: {
        enabled: false
    },

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'],
        title: {
            text: 'Experiment No.'
        }
    },

    yAxis: {
        title: {
            text: 'Observations'
        },
        plotLines: [{
            value: 932,
            color: 'red',
            width: 1,
            label: {
                text: 'Theoretical mean: 932',
                align: 'center',
                style: {
                    color: 'gray'
                }
            }
        }]
    },

    series: [{
        name: 'Observations',
        data: [
            [760, 801, 848, 895, 965],
            [733, 853, 939, 980, 1080],
            [714, 762, 817, 870, 918],
            [724, 802, 806, 871, 950],
            [834, 836, 864, 882, 910]
        ],
        tooltip: {
            headerFormat: '<em>Experiment No {point.key}</em><br/>'
        },
        color: Highcharts.defaultOptions.colors[1]
    }, {
        name: 'Outliers',
        color: Highcharts.defaultOptions.colors[1],
        type: 'scatter',
        data: [ // x, y positions where 0 is the first category
            [0, 644],
            [4, 718],
            [4, 951],
            [4, 969]
        ],
        marker: {
            fillColor: 'white',
            lineWidth: 1,
            lineColor: Highcharts.defaultOptions.colors[1]
        },
        tooltip: {
            pointFormat: 'Observation: {point.y}'
        }
    }]

});