Stacked column charts can work well when the number of data series and categories is limited.
Quarterly sales by stacked region
This chart shows quarterly sales, broken down by quarter into four regions that are stacked, one on top of the other. Stacked column charts can work well when the number of data series and categories is limited. This chart also shows how to use a custom number format ([>=1000]#,##0,"K";0) to show values in thousands. The data used to plot this chart is shown below: