animated bar chart race in r
library(tidyverse)
library(gganimate)
library(gapminder)
theme_set(theme_classic())
gap <- gapminder %>%
filter(continent == "Asia") %>%
group_by(year) %>%
# The * 1 makes it possible to have non-integer ranks while sliding
mutate(rank = min_rank(-gdpPercap) * 1) %>%
ungroup()
p <- ggplot(gap, aes(rank, group = country,
fill = as.factor(country), color = as.factor(country))) +
geom_tile(aes(y = gdpPercap/2,
height = gdpPercap,
width = 0.9), alpha = 0.8, color = NA) +
# text in x-axis (requires clip = "off" in coord_*)
# paste(country, " ") is a hack to make pretty spacing, since hjust > 1
# leads to weird artifacts in text spacing.
geom_text(aes(y = 0, label = paste(country, " ")), vjust = 0.2, hjust = 1) +
coord_flip(clip = "off", expand = FALSE) +
scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::comma) +
scale_x_reverse() +
guides(color = FALSE, fill = FALSE) +
labs(title='{closest_state}', x = "", y = "GFP per capita") +
theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0, size = 22),
axis.ticks.y = element_blank(), # These relate to the axes post-flip
axis.text.y = element_blank(), # These relate to the axes post-flip
plot.margin = margin(1,1,1,4, "cm")) +
transition_states(year, transition_length = 4, state_length = 1) +
ease_aes('cubic-in-out')
animate(p, fps = 25, duration = 20, width = 800, height = 600)