Table of contents

  1. Line styles
  2. Axis labels and tick marks
  3. Legends or keys
  4. Long category names
  5. Subcategories
  6. Chart titles
  7. Chart labels
  8. Labelling values in a chart
  9. Annotation and footnotes
  10. Source

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Subcategories

Labelling the subcategories

If the subcategories are not the same in all of the main categories, label the main categories and subcategories directly on the y-axis.

Example of how to label categories and subcategories

A rotated bar chart showing the ethnic group categories and their subcategories listed on the left-hand side.