make it easy to compare proportions.
Line charts
are similar to line charts,
work just like column charts,
Pie charts
are ideal for showing trends.
Each value is shown as a slice of the pie, so it's easy to see which values make up the percentage of a whole.
except the areas under the lines are filled in.
use vertical bars to represent data
They can work with many different types of data, but they're most frequently used for comparing information.
but they use horizontal rather than vertical bars.
The data points are connected with lines, making it easy to see whether values are increasing or decreasing over time.
Area charts
Bar charts
Column charts