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A steady climb, and the curve is bending up.
Source · Eurostat · Made with Datastory
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Visualize your data with interactive beeswarm charts
To create a beeswarm chart in Datastory, upload a spreadsheet or paste your data directly into the editor. If you do not have data ready, you can start from an open dataset in Datastory's data catalog and build a chart from there.
Beeswarm charts created with Datastory are interactive and designed for use on the web. Choose the beeswarm chart template, map your variables to the axis and point size or colour, and adjust labels and layout. Changes appear instantly, making it easy to explore distributions and patterns in the data.
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Yes. Datastory offers a free tier that lets you create and publish interactive beeswarm charts online using your own data or open datasets.
Beeswarm charts are used to show the distribution of individual data points along an axis, making it easier to see variability, clusters, and outliers.
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