This variation of lollipop chart is really useful if you have 2 observations for each groups.
Instead of displaying the values of both groups one beside each other, show them on the same line and represent only their difference!
# libraries
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Create a dataframe
value1=np.random.uniform(size=20)
value2=value1+np.random.uniform(size=20)/4
df = pd.DataFrame({'group':map(chr, range(65, 85)), 'value1':value1 , 'value2':value2 })
# Reorder it following the values of the first value:
ordered_df = df.sort_values(by='value1')
my_range=range(1,len(df.index)+1)
# The vertical plot is made using the hline function
# I load the seaborn library only to benefit the nice looking feature
import seaborn as sns
plt.hlines(y=my_range, xmin=ordered_df['value1'], xmax=ordered_df['value2'], color='grey', alpha=0.4)
plt.scatter(ordered_df['value1'], my_range, color='skyblue', alpha=1, label='value1')
plt.scatter(ordered_df['value2'], my_range, color='green', alpha=0.4 , label='value2')
plt.legend()
# Add title and axis names
plt.yticks(my_range, ordered_df['group'])
plt.title("Comparison of the value 1 and the value 2", loc='left')
plt.xlabel('Value of the variables')
plt.ylabel('Group')
