Spacing between boxplots in ggplot2 in R

Last Updated : 18 Jul, 2021

In this article, we are going to see how to add space between the boxplots in ggplot2 using R programming language.

Method 1: Using width between boxplot

Here we will use width attributes to define space between the boxplot. In this the value is passed to the attribute.

Syntax: geom_boxplot(width)

Program:

R

library(ggplot2) 
  
# loading data set and storing it in ds variable 
df <- read.csv("Crop_recommendation.csv", header = TRUE) 
  
# create a boxplot by using geom_boxplot() function 
# of ggplot2 package 
plot = ggplot(data=df, 
              mapping=aes( 
                x=label, y=temperature))+ 
geom_boxplot(width = 0.5) 
plot  

Output:

Method 2: Using position_dodge

Here we will use position_dodge to define the vertical position of a geom while adjusting the horizontal position. position_dodge() requires the grouping variable to be specified position.

Syntax:

geom_boxplot( position = position_dodge(width))

Program:

Python3

library(ggplot2) 
  
# loading data set and storing it in ds variable 
df <- read.csv("Crop_recommendation.csv", header = TRUE) 
  
# create a boxplot by using geom_boxplot() function 
# of ggplot2 package 
plot= ggplot(data=df, 
             mapping=aes(x=label,  
                         y=temperature))+
geom_boxplot(width=0.1, position = position_dodge(width=0.5)) 
plot 