ggplot2 Error in R: geom_point requires the following missing aesthetics: x or y (2 Examples)

On this page, I’ll explain how to debug the ggplot2 “Error: geom_point requires the following missing aesthetics: y” in R programming.

Preparing the Examples

data(iris)                       # Example data for illustration of error
head(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

Example 1: Replicating the ggplot2 Error Message – geom_point requires the following missing aesthetics

ggplot(iris,                     # Second variable is not specified
       aes(x = Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_point()
# Error: geom_point requires the following missing aesthetics: y
# Run `rlang::last_error()` to see where the error occurred.

Example 2: Solving the ggplot2 Error Message – geom_point requires the following missing aesthetics

ggplot(iris,                     # Second variable is properly specified
       aes(x = Sepal.Length,
           y = Sepal.Width)) +
  geom_point()

r graph figure 1 ggplot2 error r geom_point requires following missing aesthetics x or y

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