How to add a legend to matplotlib pie chart?

Question

Using this example http://matplotlib.org/examples/pie_and_polar_charts/pie_demo_features.html how could I add a legend to this pie chart? My problem is that I have One big

Answer 1

You can change your legend following types-

best
upper right
upper left
lower left
lower right
right
center left
center right
lower center
upper center
center

state = stateData['State/UnionTerritory']
cases = stateData['ConfirmedIndianNational']
explode = stateData.ConfirmedIndianNational.apply(lambda x:x > 100)
explode = explode.apply(lambda x:0.2 if x == True else 0)
plt.title("Covid 19")
plt.pie(cases, explode=explode,autopct='%1.2f%%',shadow=True, radius=3)
plt.legend(state, loc="center")
plt.show()