Libraries and dataset

The waffle package provides a waffle() function that allows to build waffle charts.

Install the package with install.packages("waffle").

The input dataset is simple: we just have 3 groups, and each one has a value.

# library
#install.packages("waffle")
library(waffle)
 
# Create data
group <- c("group-1","group-2","group-3")
value <- c(13,5,22)
data <- data.frame(group,value)

Most basic waffle

Thanks to the waffle function, we can easily build a waffle chart.

waffle(data)

Change output

The default output will have 10 rows, but you can change this with the rows argument:

waffle(data, rows = 5)

Colors

You can change the color of the waffle chart with the colors argument. Here is an example with 3 colors:

waffle(data, rows = 5, colors = c("#fb5607", "#ff006e", "#8338ec"))

Legend position

You can change the position of the legend with the legend_pos argument. Here is an example with the legend on the bottom:

waffle(data, rows = 5, colors = c("#fb5607", "#ff006e", "#8338ec"), legend_pos = "bottom")

Going further

You might be interested in creating waffle charts with ggplot and waffle charts with subgroups.