ctBar gives vertical bar Chart. For a specific purpose I would need a vertical bar chart displaying Countries (x-values) as the text for the individual bars and numbers as bars (descending). What is the best way to achieve this / is this possible with the current version?
Yes, this is possible. It's unclear exactly which specific behavior you wish, but when referring to the documentation of the TMS VCL Chart on page 26, the request you have made on the sample screenshot of a horizontal pyramid chart is of course possible.