Pie Charts

Use this pie chart template in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software to add pie charts to your business documents, websites, presentation slides and infographics.
"An obvious flaw exhibited by pie charts is that they cannot show more than a few values without separating the visual encoding (the “slices”) from the data they represent (typically percentages). When slices become too small, pie charts have to rely on colors, textures or arrows so the reader can understand them. This makes them unsuitable for use with larger amounts of data. Pie charts also take up a larger amount of space on the page compared to the more flexible alternative of bar charts, which do not need to have separate legends, and can also display other values such as averages or targets at the same time.
Statisticians generally regard pie charts as a poor method of displaying information, and they are uncommon in scientific literature. One reason is that it is more difficult for comparisons to be made between the size of items in a chart when area is used instead of length and when different items are shown as different shapes.
Further, in research performed at AT&T Bell Laboratories, it was shown that comparison by angle was less accurate than comparison by length. This can be illustrated with the diagram to the right, showing three pie charts, and, below each of them, the corresponding bar chart representing the same data. Most subjects have difficulty ordering the slices in the pie chart by size; when the bar chart is used the comparison is much easier. Similarly, comparisons between data sets are easier using the bar chart. However, if the goal is to compare a given category (a slice of the pie) with the total (the whole pie) in a single chart and the multiple is close to 25 or 50 percent, then a pie chart can often be more effective than a bar graph." [Pie chart. Wikipedia]
The template "Pie chart" is included in the Pie Charts solution of the Graphs and Charts area in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Use this template of arrow circle chart (circle arrow diagram, segmented cycle diagram) in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software to visualize progression or continuing sequence of stages, tasks or events as circular flow.
The template "Arrow circle chart" is included in the Pie Charts solution of the Graphs and Charts area in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Use this exploded pie chart template in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software to visualize data as percentages of the whole, especially when small values are represented by narrow slices.
"A chart with one or more sectors separated from the rest of the disk is known as an exploded pie chart. This effect is used to either highlight a sector, or to highlight smaller segments of the chart with small proportions." [Pie chart. Wikipedia]
The template "Exploded pie chart" is included in the Pie Charts solution of the Graphs and Charts area in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Use this exploded pie chart template in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software to emphasize a particular piece of your pie chart.
"A chart with one or more sectors separated from the rest of the disk is known as an exploded pie chart. This effect is used to either highlight a sector, or to highlight smaller segments of the chart with small proportions." [Pie chart. Wikipedia]
The template "Exploded pie chart (percentage)" is included in the Pie Charts solution of the Graphs and Charts area in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Use this circle chart template to design your sector diagrams.
"A chart is a graphical representation of data, in which the data is represented by symbols, such as ... slices in a pie chart. ... Charts are often used to ease understanding ... the relationships between parts of the data. ... For example, data that presents percentages in different groups (such as "satisfied, not satisfied, unsure") are often displayed in a pie chart ... A pie chart shows percentage values as a slice of a pie." [Chart. Wikipedia]
The template "Sector diagram" for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Pie Charts solution of the Graphs and Charts area in ConceptDraw Solution Park.