Column chart

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.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">
        A basic column chart comparing estimated corn and wheat production
        in some countries.

        The chart is making use of the axis crosshair feature, to highlight
        the hovered country.
    </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);
}

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 310px;
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

#container {
    height: 400px;
}

/* Custom CSS for the tooltip */
.highcharts-tooltip {
    caption {
        font-size: 0.9em;
        font-weight: 500;
        padding: 0.5em 0;
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--highcharts-neutral-color-10);
        text-align: left;
    }

    th {
        font-weight: normal;
        padding: 0.15em 0;
        color: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-60);
    }

    td {
        font-weight: 500;
        padding: 0.15em 0 0.15em 2em;
        text-align: right;
    }

    tr:first-child td,
    tr:first-child th {
        padding-top: 0.75em;
    }

    tr:last-child td,
    tr:last-child th {
        padding-bottom: 0.25em;
    }
}

.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...

TypeScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic medals, top six nations',
        align: 'left'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text:
            'Source: <a target="_blank" ' +
            'href="https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/milano-cortina-2026/medals">www.olympics.com</a>',
        align: 'left'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: [
            'Norway', 'USA', 'Netherlands', 'Italy', 'Germany', 'France'
        ],
        crosshair: true,
        accessibility: {
            description: 'Countries'
        }
    },
    yAxis: {
        min: 0,
        title: {
            text: 'Medals'
        }
    },
    legend: {
        symbolRadius: 3
    },
    tooltip: {
        shared: true,
        headerFormat: '<table><caption>{point.key}</caption>',
        pointFormat: `
        <tr>
          <th>
            <svg width="20" height="10">
              <rect x="5" y="0" width="10" height="10" rx="3" ry="3"
                  fill="{series.color}" />
            </svg>
            {series.name}
          </th>
          <td>{point.y}</td>
        </tr>
        `,
        footerFormat: '</table>',
        useHTML: true
    },
    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            pointPadding: 0.1,
            borderWidth: 0
        }
    },
    series: [
        {
            name: 'Gold medals',
            data: [18, 12, 10, 10, 8, 8]
        },
        {
            name: 'Silver medals',
            data: [12, 12, 7, 6, 10, 9]
        },
        {
            name: 'Bronze medals',
            data: [11, 9, 3, 14, 8, 6]
        }
    ]
});