Free PPC Graph Maker — Plot Capacity Choices

See it work

PPC graph examples.

Same tool, four requests. Every drawing below is a real render.

What you type

Create a production possibility curve for Riverside Garden with up to 24 vegetable beds or 18 herb beds, showing an efficient current plan of 16 vegetable beds and 9 herb beds and an inefficient plan of 10 vegetable beds and 5 herb beds.

Then tryAdd a point for 20 vegetable beds and 4 herb beds.Change the maximum herb beds to 22.

Economics graph · econ-ppf

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The drawing

What a PPC graph is.

A PPC graph, or production possibility curve, shows the maximum combinations of two outputs an economy, business or team can produce with its current resources. Points on the curve use those resources efficiently; points inside it leave capacity unused; points outside it are not feasible yet.

Moving along the curve has an opportunity cost. Producing more of one output means giving up some of the other because they share scarce resources. A shift outward means capacity has grown through more resources or better technology.

Engine: econ-ppf
Editable: Describe the change
Export: SVG · PNG · PDF

Who uses it

Who uses PPC graphs.

Economics students

Scarcity, efficiency and opportunity cost shown with familiar goods and labelled points.

Operations managers

A plain view of a constrained product mix before capacity is allocated.

Service planners

A capacity discussion for competing appointments, surgeries or other shared services.

How it works

How to make a PPC graph in three steps.

Describe it

One paragraph is enough to start.

“Create a production possibility curve for Riverside Garden with up to 24 vegetable beds or 18 herb beds, showing an efficient current plan of 16 vegetable beds and 9 herb beds and an inefficient plan of 10 vegetable beds and 5 herb beds.”