Doughnut charts are excellent when we want to give a good graphical representation of the breakdown of a given variable (for ex. Revenues) within a single financial period. Each portion of the doughnut represents a category that makes for a given part of the total. With this visualization we are able to gain a quick idea regarding the weight of this category with respect to the total. By definition the relative weight of all categories in a doughnut chart adds up to 100%.

Some other related topics you might be interested to explore are Area Chart, Line Chart, Waterfall Chart, and Bar Chart.

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