ggplot2 : Labeling Pie Chart Issue

Question

I try to label my pie chart using geom_label_repel() from the ggrepel package but it wouldn't work. The color of the pie was disappeared.

My script:

ggplot(HumanBittingRates,
       aes(x=factor(1), y = HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night, fill = factor(Type))) + 
  geom_bar(width = 1, stat = "identity", position = "fill") + 
  facet_wrap(~Area) + 
  coord_polar(theta = "y")

But when I add a label

ggplot(HumanBittingRates,
       aes(x=factor(1), y = HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night, fill = factor(Type))) + 
  geom_bar(width = 1, stat = "identity", position = "fill") + 
  facet_wrap(~Area) + 
  coord_polar(theta = "y") + 
  geom_label_repel(aes(y = HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night, label = Lable),
                   size = 2, show.legend = F, nudge_x = 1)

the plot looks like this:

My data:

Area    Type    HBRs Per Person Per Night   Lable
Biron Badala    An. gambiaes.l.     17.92   85.25%
Biron Badala    An. nili    2.1 9.99%
Biron Badala    An. coustani    0.57    2.71%
Biron Badala    An. funestus    0.43    2.05%
Cisse   An. gambiaes.l.     27.81   98.58%
Cisse   An. nili    0.06    0.21%
Cisse   An. coustani    0.27    0.96%
Cisse   An. funestus    0.07    0.25%
Kamadena    An. gambiaes.l.     21.6    96.69%
Kamadena    An. nili    0.29    1.30%
Kamadena    An. coustani    0.35    1.57%
Kamadena    An. funestus    0.1 0.45%
Kodougou    An. gambiaes.l.     21.56   92.14%
Kodougou    An. nili    1.31    5.60%
Kodougou    An. coustani    0.41    1.75%
Kodougou    An. funestus    0.12    0.51%
Konkuini    An. gambiaes.l.     22.42   97.99%
Konkuini    An. nili    0.04    0.17%
Konkuini    An. coustani    0.32    1.40%
Konkuini    An. funestus    0.1 0.44%
Labarani    An. gambiaes.l.     22.63   95.36%
Labarani    An. nili    0.74    3.12%
Labarani    An. coustani    0.33    1.39%
Labarani    An. funestus    0.03    0.13%

Thanks for your help!!

Please share sample of your data using dput() (not str or head or picture/screenshot) so others can help. See more here stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/… — Tung

Z.Lin Z.Lin · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-20T09:34:28

I've answered a similar question before. The reason for this phenomenon is the disconnect between the position = "fill" option creating bars that add up to 1 in height, while the text labels have much larger y-values.

I'm creating a new answer instead of voting this as duplicate, because my earlier solution can't be applied here directly: ggrepel package's geom_label_repel function doesn't (yet) understand position = "" parameter.

library(dplyr)

df2 <- HumanBittingRates %>%
  group_by(Area) %>%
  arrange(desc(Type)) %>%
  mutate(y = HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night / sum(HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night),
         y.stack = cumsum(y)) %>%
  ungroup()

> df2
# A tibble: 24 x 6
   Area         Type           HBRs.Per.Person.Per.Night Lable        y y.stack
   <fctr>       <fctr>                             <dbl> <fctr>   <dbl>   <dbl>
 1 Biron_Badala An.nili                           2.10   9.99%  0.0999  0.0999 
 2 Cisse        An.nili                           0.0600 0.21%  0.00213 0.00213
 3 Kamadena     An.nili                           0.290  1.30%  0.0130  0.0130 
 4 Kodougou     An.nili                           1.31   5.60%  0.0560  0.0560 
 5 Konkuini     An.nili                           0.0400 0.17%  0.00175 0.00175
 6 Labarani     An.nili                           0.740  3.12%  0.0312  0.0312 
 7 Biron_Badala An.gambiaes.l.                   17.9    85.25% 0.853   0.952  
 8 Cisse        An.gambiaes.l.                   27.8    98.58% 0.986   0.988  
 9 Kamadena     An.gambiaes.l.                   21.6    96.69% 0.967   0.980  
10 Kodougou     An.gambiaes.l.                   21.6    92.14% 0.921   0.977  
# ... with 14 more rows

The above code creates two additional columns: y returns the scaled height for each bar, within each Type, while y.stack returns the scaled AND stacked height for each label, sorted according to the order of the stacked bars.

With this, you can plot the desired pie charts:

ggplot(df2,
       aes(x = factor(1), fill = factor(Type), label = Lable)) + 
  geom_col(aes(y = y), width = 1) + # geom_col() is equivalent to geom_bar(stat = "identity")
  geom_label_repel(aes(y = y.stack), size = 2, show.legend = F, nudge_x = 1) +
  facet_wrap(~ Area) + 
  coord_polar(theta = "y") +
  theme_void() # for cleaner look

ggplot2 : Labeling Pie Chart Issue

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