Draw ggplot2 Barchart with Axis Break & Zoom in R (Example Code)

This article illustrates how to create a ggplot2 barchart with axis break and zoom in the R programming language.

Setting up the Example

data(iris)                        # Loading & modifying iris data
my_iris <- iris
my_iris$Sepal.Length[my_iris$Species == "setosa"] <-
  my_iris$Sepal.Length[my_iris$Species == "setosa"] * 100
head(my_iris)
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
install.packages("ggplot2")       # Install ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")                # Load ggplot2 package
my_plot <- ggplot(my_iris,        # Draw default ggplot2 barplot
                  aes(Species,
                      Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity")
my_plot

r graph figure 1 draw ggplot2 barchart axis break zoom r

Example: Displaying ggplot2 Barchart with Zoom Using ggforce Package

install.packages("ggforce")       # Install & load ggforce
library("ggforce")
my_plot +                         # Draw ggplot2 barplot with zoom
  geom_col() +
  facet_zoom(ylim = c(0, 1000))

r graph figure 2 draw ggplot2 barchart axis break zoom r

Related Tutorials

In the following, you can find some further resources on topics such as ggplot2, data conversion, graphics in R, and colors.

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