score:18

Accepted answer

This means that Highcharts is loaded and the config is loaded, but the renderTo option is wrong, or there is no div with that id in the page. See www.highcharts.com/errors/13.

score:2

The element/div you are trying to render the chart to is missing

A standard set of logs that I would use to troubleshoot highcharts error #13 are

        console.log("JSON: " + JSON.stringify(chartingOptions));
        console.log("Render to element with ID : " + chartingOptions.chart.renderTo);
        console.log("Number of matching dom elements : " + $("#" + chartingOptions.chart.renderTo).length);

These should be added just before calling the Highcharts constructor

        chart = new Highcharts.Chart(chartingOptions);

If all is well you should see the correct element ID, and length as 1.

Troubleshooting highcharts error # 13 | Highchart & Highstock @ jsFiddle

Here is the log that is seen for the demo above

JSON: {"chart":{"renderTo":"container"...}}
Render to element with ID : container
Number of matching dom elements : 1

score:2

I think I know why you should add that tag after the div /div. If you are using a JSP or any other server-side stuf. You should add your Highcharts script after the declaration of the div container so it can recognize your div's id and then proceed to render it. Just like I did in the example bellow:

    <head>
    <title>HighCharts :D</title>
    <script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 600px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var myChart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
        chart: {
            type: 'bar'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Fruit Consumption'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges']
        },
        yAxis: {
            title: {
                text: 'Fruit eaten'
            }
        },
        series: [{
            name: 'Jane',
            data: [1, 0, 4]
        }, {
            name: 'John',
            data: [5, 7, 3]
        }]
    });


</script>
</body>

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