diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/Axis.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/Axis.ts
index 443fa0a7c77..5ea5b84f8a3 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/Axis.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/Axis.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ abstract class AbstractAxis {
         return Math.min(this.range[1], this.range[0])
     }
 
+    @computed get rangeCenter(): number {
+        return this.rangeMin + this.rangeSize / 2
+    }
+
     /** The number of ticks we should _aim_ to show, not necessarily a strict target. */
     @computed private get totalTicksTarget(): number {
         // Chose 1.8 here by trying a bunch of different faceted charts and figuring out what
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/AxisViews.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/AxisViews.tsx
index 987019ea8a5..03d0efb3b4a 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/AxisViews.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/axis/AxisViews.tsx
@@ -210,9 +210,11 @@ export class VerticalAxisComponent extends React.Component<{
             <g className="VerticalAxis">
                 {labelTextWrap &&
                     labelTextWrap.render(
-                        -bounds.centerY - labelTextWrap.width / 2,
+                        -verticalAxis.rangeCenter - labelTextWrap.width / 2,
                         bounds.left,
-                        { transform: "rotate(-90)" }
+                        {
+                            transform: "rotate(-90)",
+                        }
                     )}
                 {tickLabels.map((label, i) => {
                     const { y, xAlign, yAlign, formattedValue } = label
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ export class HorizontalAxisComponent extends React.Component<{
             <g className="HorizontalAxis">
                 {label &&
                     label.render(
-                        bounds.centerX - label.width / 2,
+                        axis.rangeCenter - label.width / 2,
                         labelYPosition
                     )}
                 {tickMarks}