The word "contrast" conveys a stark difference in the degree to which two otherwise similar objects possess an attribute. Dark, depressing books and bonobos are too dissimilar to be in contrast, whereas the former do contrast with light hearted, trivial books.
If there is a valid context for comparison between the statistics and the figure, and this comparison would indicate that they are at opposite ends of the same spectrum, then yes, using "in contrast" is appropriate.
To address your edit, I believe all of the following are correct:
- Contrastingly, the figure shows good completeness.
- In contrast to this, the figure shows good completeness.
- In contrast, the figure shows good completeness.
The last one is somewhat ambiguous, so I would avoid using it. Additionally, I have removed the "a", which is incorrect.
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