diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/barCharts/DiscreteBarChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/barCharts/DiscreteBarChart.tsx
index f53230fe812..fd3183fde78 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/barCharts/DiscreteBarChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/barCharts/DiscreteBarChart.tsx
@@ -138,6 +138,24 @@ export class DiscreteBarChart
         return table
     }
 
+    transformTableForSelection(table: OwidTable): OwidTable {
+        table = table
+            .replaceNonNumericCellsWithErrorValues(this.yColumnSlugs)
+            .dropRowsWithErrorValuesForAllColumns(this.yColumnSlugs)
+
+        if (this.missingDataStrategy === MissingDataStrategy.hide) {
+            const groupedByEntity = table.groupBy("entityName").map((t) => {
+                if (t.hasAnyColumnNoValidValue(this.yColumnSlugs)) {
+                    t = t.dropAllRows()
+                }
+                return t
+            })
+            table = groupedByEntity[0].concat(groupedByEntity.slice(1))
+        }
+
+        return table
+    }
+
     @computed get inputTable(): OwidTable {
         return this.manager.table
     }
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/chart/ChartInterface.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/chart/ChartInterface.ts
index b99f3d1b578..7cd9fd39b55 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/chart/ChartInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/chart/ChartInterface.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface ChartInterface {
     // Todo: should all charts additionally have a placedSeries: ChartPlacedSeries[] getter?
 
     transformTable: ChartTableTransformer
+    transformTableForSelection?: ChartTableTransformer
 
     yAxis?: HorizontalAxis | VerticalAxis
     xAxis?: HorizontalAxis | VerticalAxis
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
index 98e8cf46123..5e1b2bf70a2 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx
@@ -664,16 +664,21 @@ export class Grapher
         // Depending on the chart type, the criteria for being able to select an entity are
         // different; e.g. for scatterplots, the entity needs to (1) not be excluded and
         // (2) needs to have data for the x and y dimension.
+        let table =
+            this.isScatter || this.isSlopeChart
+                ? this.tableAfterAuthorTimelineAndActiveChartTransform
+                : this.inputTable
+
+        if (!this.isReady) return table
+
+        // Some chart types (e.g. stacked area charts) choose not to show an entity
+        // with incomplete data. Such chart types define a custom transform function
+        // to ensure that the entity selector only offers entities that are actually plotted.
+        if (this.chartInstance.transformTableForSelection) {
+            table = this.chartInstance.transformTableForSelection(table)
+        }
 
-        if (this.isScatter || this.isSlopeChart)
-            // for scatter and slope charts, the `transformTable()` call takes care of removing
-            // all entities that cannot be selected
-            return this.tableAfterAuthorTimelineAndActiveChartTransform
-
-        // for other chart types, the `transformTable()` call would sometimes remove too many
-        // entities, and we want to use the inputTable instead (which should have exactly the
-        // entities where data is available)
-        return this.inputTable
+        return table
     }
 
     // If an author sets a timeline filter run it early in the pipeline so to the charts it's as if the filtered times do not exist
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
index 756a80f8228..92b61700f68 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
@@ -300,6 +300,22 @@ export class LineChart
         return table
     }
 
+    transformTableForSelection(table: OwidTable): OwidTable {
+        table = table.replaceNonNumericCellsWithErrorValues(this.yColumnSlugs)
+
+        if (this.missingDataStrategy === MissingDataStrategy.hide) {
+            const groupedByEntity = table.groupBy("entityName").map((t) => {
+                if (t.hasAnyColumnNoValidValue(this.yColumnSlugs)) {
+                    t = t.dropAllRows()
+                }
+                return t
+            })
+            table = groupedByEntity[0].concat(groupedByEntity.slice(1))
+        }
+
+        return table
+    }
+
     @computed private get missingDataStrategy(): MissingDataStrategy {
         return this.manager.missingDataStrategy || MissingDataStrategy.auto
     }
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
index 0da08a59baa..cfc48a56257 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,29 @@ export class AbstractStackedChart
         return table
     }
 
+    transformTableForSelection(table: OwidTable): OwidTable {
+        table = table
+            .replaceNonNumericCellsWithErrorValues(this.yColumnSlugs)
+            .dropRowsWithErrorValuesForAllColumns(this.yColumnSlugs)
+
+        if (this.shouldRunLinearInterpolation) {
+            this.yColumnSlugs.forEach((slug) => {
+                table = table.interpolateColumnLinearly(slug)
+            })
+        }
+
+        if (this.missingDataStrategy !== MissingDataStrategy.show) {
+            const groupedByEntity = table
+                .groupBy("entityName")
+                .map((t: OwidTable) =>
+                    t.dropRowsWithErrorValuesForAnyColumn(this.yColumnSlugs)
+                )
+            table = groupedByEntity[0].concat(groupedByEntity.slice(1))
+        }
+
+        return table
+    }
+
     @computed private get missingDataStrategy(): MissingDataStrategy {
         return this.manager.missingDataStrategy || MissingDataStrategy.auto
     }
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/StackedDiscreteBarChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/StackedDiscreteBarChart.tsx
index 7c67cbe804e..04e97827615 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/StackedDiscreteBarChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/StackedDiscreteBarChart.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,28 @@ export class StackedDiscreteBarChart
         return table
     }
 
+    transformTableForSelection(table: OwidTable): OwidTable {
+        table = table
+            .replaceNonNumericCellsWithErrorValues(this.yColumnSlugs)
+            .dropRowsWithErrorValuesForAllColumns(this.yColumnSlugs)
+
+        this.yColumnSlugs.forEach((slug) => {
+            table = table.interpolateColumnWithTolerance(slug)
+        })
+
+        if (this.missingDataStrategy === MissingDataStrategy.hide) {
+            const groupedByEntity = table.groupBy("entityName").map((t) => {
+                if (t.hasAnyColumnNoValidValue(this.yColumnSlugs)) {
+                    t = t.dropAllRows()
+                }
+                return t
+            })
+            table = groupedByEntity[0].concat(groupedByEntity.slice(1))
+        }
+
+        return table
+    }
+
     @computed get sortConfig(): SortConfig {
         return this.manager.sortConfig ?? {}
     }