Matplotlib Pie Chart: Create a pie chart using the data from a csv file

Matplotlib Pie Chart: Exercise-4 with Solution

Write a Python programming to create a pie chart of gold medal achievements of five most successful countries in 2016 Summer Olympics. Read the data from a csv file.

Sample data:
medal.csv
country,gold_medal
United States,46
Great Britain,27
China,26
Russia,19
Germany,17

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
df =  pd.read_csv('medal.csv')
country_data = df["country"]
medal_data = df["gold_medal"]
colors = ["#1f77b4", "#ff7f0e", "#2ca02c", "#d62728", "#8c564b"]
explode = (0.1, 0, 0, 0, 0)  
plt.pie(medal_data, labels=country_data, explode=explode, colors=colors,
autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True, startangle=140)
plt.title("Gold medal achievements of five most successful\n"+"countries in 2016 Summer Olympics")
plt.show()

Sample Output:

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