Doughnut Chart

May 28, 2025
4 minutes to read

Short Description

The Doughnut Chart is represented by the DoughnutSeriesView object, which belongs to Pie, Doughnut and Funnel Series Views. This view allows you to compare the percentage values of different point arguments in the same series, and display these values as easy-to-understand pie slices, but with a hole in the center.

A Doughnut chart is shown in the image below. Note that if a chart contains multiple series of the DoughnutSeriesView type (as well as PieSeriesView), all series are displayed in the same diagram based on the SimpleDiagram.Dimension and SimpleDiagram.LayoutDirection property values.

Use the DoughnutSeriesView.HoleRadiusPercent (or Doughnut3DSeriesView.HoleRadiusPercent) property to control the size of the doughnut’s hole. For example, in the above image, this property is set to 0 for the left chart.

Chart Type Characteristics

The table below lists the main characteristics of this chart type.

Feature	Value
Series View type	DoughnutSeriesView
Diagram type	2D-SimpleDiagram
Number of arguments per series point	1
Number of values per series point	1

Note

For information on which chart types can be combined with the Doughnut Chart , refer to the following help topic: Combining Different Series Views.

Example

The following example creates a ChartControl with a series of the DoughnutSeriesView type, sets its general properties, and adds this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and add all required assemblies to the project’s References list.

Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.

View Example

Form1.cs
Form1.vb

csharp

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

namespace Series_DoughnutChart {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create a new chart.
            ChartControl DoughnutChart = new ChartControl();

            // Create a doughnut series.
            Series series1 = new Series("Series 1", ViewType.Doughnut);

            // Populate the series with points.
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Russia", 17.0752));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Canada", 9.98467));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("USA", 9.63142));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("China", 9.59696));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Brazil", 8.511965));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Australia", 7.68685));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("India", 3.28759));
            series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Others", 81.2));

            // Add the series to the chart.
            DoughnutChart.Series.Add(series1);

            // Specify the text pattern of series labels.
            series1.Label.TextPattern = "{A}: {VP:P0}";

            // Specify how series points are sorted.
            series1.SeriesPointsSorting = SortingMode.Ascending;
            series1.SeriesPointsSortingKey = SeriesPointKey.Argument;

            // Specify the behavior of series labels.
            ((DoughnutSeriesLabel)series1.Label).Position = PieSeriesLabelPosition.TwoColumns;
            ((DoughnutSeriesLabel)series1.Label).ResolveOverlappingMode = ResolveOverlappingMode.Default;
            ((DoughnutSeriesLabel)series1.Label).ResolveOverlappingMinIndent = 5;

            // Adjust the view-type-specific options of the series.
            ((DoughnutSeriesView)series1.View).ExplodedPoints.Add(series1.Points[0]);
            ((DoughnutSeriesView)series1.View).ExplodedDistancePercentage = 30;

            // Access the diagram's options.
            ((SimpleDiagram)DoughnutChart.Diagram).Dimension = 2;

            // Add a title to the chart and hide the legend.
            ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
            chartTitle1.Text = "2D Doughnut Chart";
            DoughnutChart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1);
            DoughnutChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;

            // Add the chart to the form.
            DoughnutChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(DoughnutChart);
        }

    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts

Namespace Series_DoughnutChart
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            ' Create a new chart.
            Dim DoughnutChart As New ChartControl()

            ' Create a doughnut series.
            Dim series1 As New Series("Series 1", ViewType.Doughnut)

            ' Populate the series with points.
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("Russia", 17.0752))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("Canada", 9.98467))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("USA", 9.63142))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("China", 9.59696))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("Brazil", 8.511965))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("Australia", 7.68685))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("India", 3.28759))
            series1.Points.Add(New SeriesPoint("Others", 81.2))

            ' Add the series to the chart.
            DoughnutChart.Series.Add(series1)

            ' Specify the text pattern of series labels.
            series1.Label.TextPattern = "{A}: {VP:P0}"

            ' Specify how series points are sorted.
            series1.SeriesPointsSorting = SortingMode.Ascending
            series1.SeriesPointsSortingKey = SeriesPointKey.Argument

            ' Specify the behavior of series labels.
            CType(series1.Label, DoughnutSeriesLabel).Position = PieSeriesLabelPosition.TwoColumns
            CType(series1.Label, DoughnutSeriesLabel).ResolveOverlappingMode = ResolveOverlappingMode.Default
            CType(series1.Label, DoughnutSeriesLabel).ResolveOverlappingMinIndent = 5

            ' Adjust the view-type-specific options of the series.
            CType(series1.View, DoughnutSeriesView).ExplodedPoints.Add(series1.Points(0))
            CType(series1.View, DoughnutSeriesView).ExplodedDistancePercentage = 30

            ' Access the diagram's options.
            CType(DoughnutChart.Diagram, SimpleDiagram).Dimension = 2

            ' Add a title to the chart and hide the legend.
            Dim chartTitle1 As New ChartTitle()
            chartTitle1.Text = "2D Doughnut Chart"
            DoughnutChart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1)
            DoughnutChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False

            ' Add the chart to the form.
            DoughnutChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Me.Controls.Add(DoughnutChart)
        End Sub

    End Class
End Namespace

Tip

For the complete sample project, see the following DevExpress Support Center example: https://supportcenter.devexpress.com/ticket/details/e1047/chart-for-winforms-create-a-doughnut-chart.