A waterfall bar chart shows a running total as values are added or subtracted. It’s useful for understanding how an initial value (for example, net income) is affected by a series of positive and negative values.

The columns are color coded so you can quickly tell positive from negative numbers. The initial and the final value columns often start on the horizontal axis, while the intermediate values are floating columns.

Here you will find our PowerPoint slide template of a waterfall bar chart that you can download and customize for your own purposes.

You will also see examples of waterfall bar charts. Click on the image of any example to go to the original page where the slide is found and see its use in context.

You can also download templates and view examples of other types of bar charts. Click any item below to go to the page for that bar chart type: