Free Online Pie Chart Maker

How to make a pie chart

1. Replace the example categories in the Data tab with your own, one slice per row. You can also paste cells from Excel or Google Sheets, or import a CSV or .xlsx file.
2. Enter a value for each slice. Use raw amounts such as dollars or votes; the tool converts them to percentages automatically, so they do not need to add up to 100.
3. Open Customize to add a title, choose a color palette, and decide whether slices show percentages, values or names.
4. Optionally sort slices from largest to smallest, pull out a slice for emphasis, or combine tiny slices into an “Other” slice.
5. Pick a download format under the preview. PNG works for documents and slides; SVG and PDF stay sharp at any size.

Data format

Up to 200 rows. One row per slice. Values must be zero or positive; each slice shows its share of the total.

Customization options

• Slice labels: percentage, value, category name or a combination, placed inside slices or outside with leader lines.
• Start angle and slice order: rotate the pie and sort slices so the most important category starts at 12 o’clock.
• Pull-out slice: separate the largest or smallest slice to draw attention to it.
• Slice spacing and borders: thin gaps make adjacent slices easier to tell apart in print.
• Ten color palettes, plus a color picker for every slice and optional pattern fills for grayscale printing.
• Decorative shaded style: adds depth without tilting the pie, so the angles still match your data.

Downloading and exporting

• PNG: best for slides, documents and the web. It supports transparent backgrounds, and you can choose standard, 2×, 4× or slide-sized (1920 × 1080) output.
• JPEG: a smaller file with a solid background.
• SVG: a true vector file. It stays sharp at any size and can be edited in Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma.
• PDF: vector PDF sized to the chart, A4 or US Letter. If your labels use characters outside the standard PDF fonts (for example Chinese, Arabic or emoji), the PDF uses a high-resolution image instead and tells you.
• CSV and .json: your data, or the whole chart with its settings, to re-open later.

When to use a pie chart

• Showing how a single total divides into a few parts, such as a budget, market share or survey answers to one question.
• When the parts are mutually exclusive and add up to a meaningful whole (100% of respondents, 100% of spending).
• When you have roughly two to seven categories and one or two clearly dominate.

When to choose a different chart

• You want to compare values that are close to each other. People judge bar lengths more accurately than angles, so use a bar graph instead.
• You are showing change over time. Several pies side by side are hard to compare; a line graph or stacked bar chart works better.
• Respondents could choose more than one answer, so the percentages add up to more than 100%.

Common mistakes to avoid

Too many slices

More than about seven slices produces slivers that are impossible to label. Combine small categories with the “Combine slices under X% into Other” option, or switch to a bar graph.

Values that are not parts of a whole

Averages, rates and scores don’t add up to a meaningful total. A pie chart of “average rating per product” has no meaning; use bars.

Relying on color alone

Viewers with color-vision deficiency may not be able to match slices to the legend. Turn on category-name labels or pattern fills, or use the Colorblind-Friendly palette.

Practical examples

Household budget

Housing $1,450, Food $620, Savings $500, Transport $340, Health $210 and Entertainment $180. The pie shows housing takes 44% of spending, which a table of numbers doesn’t convey as quickly.

Survey results

For a single-choice question such as “How did you hear about us?”, enter the number of respondents per answer. Show “Name + percentage” labels and sort largest first.

Time allocation

Hours per week spent on meetings, focused work, email and admin. Pulling out the “Meetings” slice makes the point of a team retrospective clear at a glance.

How the percentages are calculated

Each slice’s share is its value divided by the sum of all values. Its angle is that share multiplied by 360°. For example, Housing at $1,450 of a $3,300 total is 1,450 ÷ 3,300 = 43.9%, which is 158° of the circle.

Labels round percentages to the number of decimal places you choose, so displayed percentages can add up to 99.9% or 100.1%. The slice angles themselves are never rounded. Values of zero are allowed, but they produce no visible slice, and the tool tells you when that happens. Negative values are rejected because a slice can’t have a negative angle.

Frequently asked questions

Your data stays private

Charts are drawn by your browser. Your data isn’t uploaded to our servers; it is kept only in this browser’s storage, for autosave and saved charts, until you clear it. See our privacy policy.