[FIXED] How to print percentages outside the pie with python

Issue

I would like to have percentage values outside the pie. Maybe you can help

Here is my code :

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd

dict={'a':45, 'b': 123, 'c':2, 'd':1755, 'e':13}
ser = pd.Series(dict)

print(ser)

ser.plot(kind='pie', shadow=True, autopct='%1.2f%%')
plt.show()

As you can see in my case percentage values are not visible

Solution

According to the docs pctdistance controls the "ratio between the center of each pie slice and the start of the text generated by autopct", and it has a default value of 0.6, which causes the percentage values to be inside the pie.

Try a pctdistance value > 1:

>>> ser.plot(kind='pie', shadow=True, autopct='%1.2f%%', pctdistance=1.15)

(The above results in an "ugly" plot in which the percentages and the labels overlap. You can fix that by "moving" the labels using labeldistance.)

Answered By - Nikolaos Chatzis

Answer Checked By - Pedro (PHPFixing Volunteer)