How to create a subplot for each group of a pandas column

Question

In titanic dataset, I need to create a chart that shows the percentage of passengers for all class who survived. Also it should have three pie charts. class 1 survived and not-survived, class 2 survived and not-survived, class 3.

How can make this happen? I already tried this type of code but it produces wrong values.

import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns  # for dataset

df_titanic = sns.load_dataset('titanic')

   survived  pclass     sex   age  sibsp  parch     fare embarked  class    who  adult_male deck  embark_town alive  alone
0         0       3    male  22.0      1      0   7.2500        S  Third    man        True  NaN  Southampton    no  False
1         1       1  female  38.0      1      0  71.2833        C  First  woman       False    C    Cherbourg   yes  False
2         1       3  female  26.0      0      0   7.9250        S  Third  woman       False  NaN  Southampton   yes   True

c1s = len(df_titanic[(df_titanic.pclass==1) & (df_titanic.survived==1)].value_counts())
c2ns = len(df_titanic[(df_titanic.pclass==1) & (df_titanic.survived==0)].value_counts())

this code produce true values but I need that in 3 pie chart

df_titanic.groupby(['pclass' ,'survived']).size().plot(kind='pie', autopct='%.2f')

class: 1,2,3 survived: 0,1

Answer 1

1. The correct way to get subplots using pandas, is to reshape the dataframe. pandas.crosstab is used to shape the dataframe
   • pandas.DataFrame.pivot and pandas.DataFrame.pivot_table are other options for reshaping data for plotting.
2. Then plot using pandas.DataFrame.plot with kind='pie' and subplots=True.

• Extra code has been added for formatting
  • rotating the pclass label
  • plot title
  • custom legend instead of a legend for each subplot
    • specify the labels for the legend
    • specify colors for for the number of labels
• Tested in python 3.8.12, pandas 1.3.4, matplotlib 3.4.3

import seaborn as sns  # for titanic data only
import pandas as pd
from matplotlib.patches import Patch  # to create the colored squares for the legend

# load the dataframe
df = sns.load_dataset('titanic')

# reshaping the dataframe is the most important step
ct = pd.crosstab(df.survived, df.pclass)

# display(ct)
pclass      1   2    3
survived              
0          80  97  372
1         136  87  119

# plot and add labels
colors = ['tab:blue', 'tab:orange']  # specify the colors so they can be used in the legend
labels = ["not survived", "survived"]  # used for the legend
axes = ct.plot(kind='pie', autopct='%.1f%%', subplots=True, figsize=(12, 5),
               legend=False, labels=['', ''], colors=colors)

# flatten the array of axes
axes = axes.flat

# extract the figure object
fig = axes[0].get_figure()

# rotate the pclass label
for ax in axes:
    yl = ax.get_ylabel()
    ax.set_ylabel(yl, rotation=0, fontsize=12)
    
# create the legend
legend_elements = [Patch(fc=c, label=l) for c, l in zip(colors, labels)]
fig.legend(handles=legend_elements, loc=9, fontsize=12, ncol=2, borderaxespad=0, bbox_to_anchor=(0., 0.8, 1, .102), frameon=False)

fig.tight_layout()
fig.suptitle('pclass survival', fontsize=15)

Formatted Figure

Unformatted Figure

axes = ct.plot(kind='pie', autopct='%.1f%%', subplots=True, figsize=(12, 5), labels=["not survived", "survived"])