About the Pie Chart Maker
Create and customize 2D or 3D pie charts from your data — free, no login required.
🥧 What is a Pie Chart?
A pie chart displays data as slices of a circle, where each slice's size is proportional to its value relative to the total. It is best used when showing part-to-whole relationships with a small number of categories (ideally 2–6).
📋 How to Create a Pie Chart
- Enter your category names in the Category column.
- Enter the corresponding values in the Group column.
- Select a Style (flat, glass, metal, 3D, etc.).
- Optionally edit the chart Title.
- The chart updates automatically — download as SVG or print when ready.
🏷️ Labels: Value vs. Percentage & Position
Each of the three label elements — Label (category name), Value (raw number), and Percentage — has its own position setting: outside, inside, or none (hidden). Each choice applies to all slices at once. This lets you mix and match across the three elements, for example showing the category name outside while displaying the percentage inside.
💡 Tips for Effective Pie Charts
- Keep the number of slices small (≤ 6) — too many slices make it hard to read.
- Percentages are automatically calculated from the raw values you enter.
- Use the 3D style for a visually striking result; use flat for cleaner reports.
- Avoid pie charts when values are very close in size — a bar chart shows differences more clearly.
🎨 2D vs 3D Pie Charts
The 2D styles (flat, glass, metal) are ideal for reports and dashboards where precision matters. The 3D style adds visual depth and works well for presentations, but can make slices appear larger or smaller than they are due to perspective.
📐 Variable-Depth Pie (3D)
Enable Variable-Depth to make each sector's height proportional to its value. Larger slices rise higher, adding a second visual dimension to the data. This mode activates 3D automatically.
🌐 Polar Chart
A polar chart is similar to a pie chart with two key differences:
- Each sector spans the same angle: 360° divided by the number of categories.
- Each sector has its own radius — the value of the category is represented as the radius rather than the angle.
When choosing "polar chart", the system switches to 2D, but you may switch back to 3D.
🍩 Doughnut Chart
A doughnut chart is a pie chart with a circular hole cut out of its center. The hole removes the area that is hardest to read accurately, making individual slice sizes easier to compare.
Use the Hole Size slider to control how large the cutout is — a value closer to 1 makes the ring thinner, a value closer to 0 approaches a regular pie chart.
💾 Saving Your Chart
Save chart as SVG · 
Print chart