{"id":4748,"date":"2009-08-07T18:28:19","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog2.fusioncharts.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:11:26","slug":"second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Base with Charts: Understanding Multi-Level Pie Charts 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"Pie charts have been used, misused and abused. But what about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/charts\/multilevel-pie-charts\/\">multi-level pie charts<\/a>? They have been under-used, to put it simply. Other standard charts have been opted for even when the multi-level pie chart would have been the perfect fit.\r\n\r\nSo in this post of &#8220;Second Base with charts&#8221;, we will explore the multi-level pie chart and see how it can be used to effectively represent hierarchical data.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart\/#What_is_a_multi-level_pie_chart\" title=\"What is a multi-level pie chart?\">What is a multi-level pie chart?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart\/#A_simple_example\" title=\"A simple example\">A simple example<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart\/#Variants_of_the_multi-level_pie_chart\" title=\"Variants of the multi-level pie chart\">Variants of the multi-level pie chart<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/second-base-with-charts-understanding-the-multi-level-pie-chart\/#Where_can_multi-level_pie_charts_be_used\" title=\"Where can multi-level pie charts be used?\">Where can multi-level pie charts be used?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_multi-level_pie_chart\"><\/span>What is a multi-level pie chart?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nMulti-level pie charts are a set of concentric rings. The size of each item represents its contribution to the inner parent category.\r\n\r\nIt starts with a single item that is put as a circle in the center. To see the breakup of that item, a concentric ring is set around the central circle. The concentric ring is then segmented to show how various child items have contributed to the parent item. To see the breakup of each of these child items, another concentric ring is set up. Since we want to see the breakup of the child items, the new ring will already be segmented the same way as the first ring. Within these segments, further segmentation is done to see the break-up of each of the child items in turn. And this process can continue till required.\r\n\r\nIf you are feeling a little overwhelmed with the paragraph long explanation, sweat no further. We are going to take up a very easy example that will make things crystal-clear to you.\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_simple_example\"><\/span>A simple example<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\nIf you have ever used Adwords, you would have surely done some digging to see which ad group is giving you the most clicks. Using&nbsp; multi-level pie, it is pretty easy to find out what&#8217;s working for you and what&#8217;s not in Adwords.\r\n\r\nSo let us take a look at the Adwords account for a company which we will conveniently call XYZ. Now XYZ&nbsp; makes websites for clients and promotes them too. Typically, they would like to run ads for web development, design and marketing. This is how their Adwords campaign would look:\r\n<p class=\"image-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Adwords campaign using multi-level pie chart\" class=\"asset-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/images\/6a010534c80b99970c0120a529fefd970c-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Adwords campaign using multi-level pie chart\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"image-center\">Adwords distribution using multi-level pie chart<\/p>\r\nSo this is how XYZ would like to analyze their Adwords account. Let&#8217;s analyze the multi-level pie step by step:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Since Adwords Clicks is what XYZ wants to analyze, it forms the central circle.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>XYZ runs separate campaigns for Design, Development and Marketing. So the concentric ring around <em>Adwords Clicks<\/em> is broken down into 3 segments. The size of each&nbsp; segment indicates how many leads that campaign has got for XYZ. Quite clearly, web design is what has been getting XYZ the most leads and Marketing the least.\r\n\r\nBut just that much info wouldn&#8217;t equip XYZ to make solid business decisions. They would like to know what ad group under <em>Design<\/em> has been working so wonderfully well for them.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>So another concentric ring is formed. This ring as you can see is already segmented to show the primary classification \u2013 <em>Design, Development <\/em>and<em> Marketing<\/em>. For further sub-division of say <em>Design<\/em>, it will have to be done within the yellow segment itself of the ring.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nNow XYZ knows that while banners have been bringing it maximum leads, the <em>Brochures<\/em> ad group doesn&#8217;t seem to be doing much good.\r\n\r\nHow does this representation help XYZ? In a whole lot of ways. We will discuss just one of them here to avoid going off the topic:\r\n\r\nXYZ will realize that <em>PRs<\/em> has been getting it almost the same number of clicks as <em>JSP<\/em>. But if it has been getting a lot of <em>JSP<\/em> projects and almost nothing for <em>PRs<\/em>, it will know that they could either stop advertising for <em>PRs<\/em> or take a look at how their PR services itself.\r\n\r\nThis was a very simple example to show how multi-level pie charts are used. A stacked column chart could have been used to the same effect. But if we needed to divide the clicks for each group further into Search and Content Network, stacked column chart would not have sufficed.\r\n\r\nAs the level of hierarchies increase, the standard chart types fall short of what is required. And you should bring in the multi-level pie chart.\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Variants_of_the_multi-level_pie_chart\"><\/span>Variants of the multi-level pie chart<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nIn the Adwords example, the segments had various sizes to show how much of a parent item is constituted by a child item. But this need not always be the case.\r\n\r\nMulti-level pie charts can also have the same size for all the segments in a ring. Such a multi-level pie chart is called a symmetrical multi-level pie chart. It is used for displaying the hierarchy in an organization.\r\n<p class=\"image-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Organizational hierarchy using multi-level pie chart\" class=\"asset-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/images\/6a010534c80b99970c0120a4d2f6f1970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"Organizational hierarchy using multi-level pie chart\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"image-center\">Organizational hierarchy using multi-level pie chart<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_multi-level_pie_charts_be_used\"><\/span>Where can multi-level pie charts be used?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nWe just saw a couple of situations where a multi-level pie chart comes in really handy. But this is not all. In fact, any place where your data has a deep level of hierarchy, multi-level pie chart is the tool you are looking for.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Revenue breakdown:<\/strong> Let&#8217;s say you are an online travel agent. You make money by allowing people book flights, cars and hotels. Under this primary classification, you would be having secondary classifications \u2013 for example, for flights it will be economy, business and first class. This in turn can be broken down under the heads of various airlines. So you could make a multi-level pie chart depicting the revenue for various items. And then compare various items in it to see if the same effort is bringing in similar revenues for any 2 items in comparison. Otherwise, you would know where to bring about changes.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Football Squad breakup:<\/strong> You are the manager of a high profile football club. If you want to view the resources under you, you can easily plot it on a multi-level pie chart. You can break down your squad into defenders, midfielders, forwards and goalkeepers. These positions can be further broken down into specific positions. For example, the forwards can be divided into left wingers, center forward and right wingers.&nbsp; And this can finally lead to the player names themselves. This will help you view your resources very clearly and make necessary transfer judgments to buy players you need or sell the ones you don&#8217;t.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIf you want to see more examples of the multi-level pie chart, you can check it out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/charts\/#powercharts\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Visit PowerCharts website\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerCharts page<\/a>, of which it is a part of. And if you have a cooler example, go ahead and share it with everyone.\r\n\r\nNext up in &#8220;Second base with charts&#8221; is the bubble chart, which is used to understand social, economic and scientific relationships. 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