Dumbbell charts in matplotlib

In this tutorial I will show you how to create Dumbbell charts using Python and Matplotlib.

Important notes:

1. This are my personal notes, so apologies if some explanations and notations are missing.
2. Most of the sources can be downloaded from data.world as the data is from Makeover Monday challenges. Look for the week and year in the source URL.

Dumbbell charts in matplotlib

This is what we will be creating:

The notebook