Bar Chart
Percentage Progress Bar
Clean progress bars with filled percentages.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
COLORS = {
'filled': '#3B82F6',
'empty': '#E2E8F0',
'background': '#FFFFFF',
'text': '#1E293B',
'text_muted': '#64748B',
}
categories = ['Category A', 'Category B', 'Category C', 'Category D']
percentages = [75, 60, 85, 45]
y = np.arange(len(categories))
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5), dpi=100)
ax.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
fig.patch.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
# Background (100%)
ax.barh(y, [100]*len(categories), height=0.4, color=COLORS['empty'], zorder=1)
# Filled
ax.barh(y, percentages, height=0.4, color=COLORS['filled'], alpha=0.85, zorder=2)
for yi, pct in zip(y, percentages):
ax.text(pct + 3, yi, f'{pct}%', ha='left', va='center', fontsize=10,
fontweight='bold', color=COLORS['text'])
ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['left'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['bottom'].set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(axis='y', left=False, colors=COLORS['text'], labelsize=10, pad=8)
ax.tick_params(axis='x', bottom=False, labelbottom=False)
ax.set_yticks(y)
ax.set_yticklabels(categories)
ax.set_xlim(0, 115)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Basic Charts
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