Use the treemap chart when you want to compare segments to a total and you have categories in a hierarchy. The treemap chart is best for categories with few hierarchy levels, use the sunburst chart if you have many hierarchy levels.

The treemap chart graphs data as rectangles and the color represents the category, the rectangles allows you to compare the values since the proportions are relative to each other and the whole.

The chart above shows the largest cities in Africa and Asia, cities in Asia are colored orange and blue for Africa. The largest rectangle is Tokyo and it corresponds to the population in Tokyo.

How to build

1. Select data.
   
2. Go to tab "Insert" on the ribbon.
3. Press with left mouse button on the "Insert hierarchy chart" button.
4. Press with left mouse button on the "Treemap" button.
   

How to change the color of a category

I want to change the color of all rectangles in category CC, see picture above. To change the category color follow these steps.

1. Press with mouse on a rectangle that belongs to category CC repeatedly until all rectangles in category CC are selected.
   The other rectangles are now faded.
   
2. Go to tab "Home" on the ribbon.
3. Press with left mouse button on the "Fill color" button and pick a color.
   
4. The rectangles in category CC have now changed color.
   

Built-in Charts

Combo Charts

Combined stacked area and a clustered column chart
Combined chart – Column and Line on secondary axis
Combined Column and Line chart

Chart elements

Chart basics

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Use slicers to quickly filter chart data
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How to align chart with cell grid
Group chart categories
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Custom charts

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How to graph a Normal Distribution
How to graph an equation
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Sparklines

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Highlight chart elements

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Highlight a group of chart bars
Highlight a data series in a line chart
Highlight a column in a stacked column chart
Highlight a bar in a chart

Interactive charts

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Use drop down lists and named ranges to filter chart values
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Change chart series by clicking on data [VBA]
Change chart data range using a Drop Down List [VBA]
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Animate

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Advanced charts

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Label line chart series
How to position month and year between chart tick marks
How to add horizontal line to chart
Add pictures to a chart axis
How to color chart bars based on their values
Excel chart problem: Hard to read series values
Build a stock chart with two series
Change chart axis range programmatically
Change column/bar color in charts
Hide specific columns programmatically
Dynamic stock chart
How to replace columns with pictures in a column chart
Color chart columns based on cell color
Heat map using pictures
Dynamic Gantt charts

Stock charts

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Dynamic stock chart
Change chart axis range programmatically
How to create a stock chart

Excel categories

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