Basic column

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Ali Khaled

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

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

#container {
    height: 400px;
}

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

.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: #555;
}

.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 tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: #f8f8f8;
}

.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
    background: #f1f7ff;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Corn vs wheat estimated production for 2020',
        align: 'left'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text:
            'Source: <a target="_blank" ' +
            'href="https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?commodity=corn">indexmundi</a>',
        align: 'left'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['USA', 'China', 'Brazil', 'EU', 'India', 'Russia'],
        crosshair: true,
        accessibility: {
            description: 'Countries'
        }
    },
    yAxis: {
        min: 0,
        title: {
            text: '1000 metric tons (MT)'
        }
    },
    tooltip: {
        valueSuffix: ' (1000 MT)'
    },
    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            pointPadding: 0.2,
            borderWidth: 0
        }
    },
    series: [
        {
            name: 'Corn',
            data: [406292, 260000, 107000, 68300, 27500, 14500]
        },
        {
            name: 'Wheat',
            data: [51086, 136000, 5500, 141000, 107180, 77000]
        }
    ]
});