diff --git a/pandarallel/core.py b/pandarallel/core.py
index 8eaaf12..f5e6786 100644
--- a/pandarallel/core.py
+++ b/pandarallel/core.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Type, cast
+from functools import partial
 
 import dill
 import pandas as pd
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ def parallelize_with_memory_file_system(
     nb_requested_workers: int,
     data_type: Type[DataType],
     progress_bars_type: ProgressBarsType,
+    single_bar
 ):
     def closure(
         data: Any,
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ def closure(
 
         show_progress_bars = progress_bars_type != ProgressBarsType.No
 
-        progress_bars = get_progress_bars(progresses_length, show_progress_bars)
+        progress_bars = get_progress_bars(progresses_length, show_progress_bars, single_bar)
         progresses = [0] * nb_workers
         workers_status = [WorkerStatus.Running] * nb_workers
 
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ def parallelize_with_pipe(
     nb_requested_workers: int,
     data_type: Type[DataType],
     progress_bars_type: ProgressBarsType,
+    single_bar
 ):
     def closure(
         data: Any,
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ def closure(
 
         show_progress_bars = progress_bars_type != ProgressBarsType.No
 
-        progress_bars = get_progress_bars(progresses_length, show_progress_bars)
+        progress_bars = get_progress_bars(progresses_length, show_progress_bars, single_bar)
         progresses = [0] * nb_workers
         workers_status = [WorkerStatus.Running] * nb_workers
 
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@ def initialize(
         shm_size_mb=None,
         nb_workers=NB_PHYSICAL_CORES,
         progress_bar=False,
+        single_progress_bar=False,
         verbose=2,
         use_memory_fs: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -459,6 +463,7 @@ def initialize(
             if use_memory_fs
             else parallelize_with_pipe
         )
+        parallelize = partial(parallelize, single_bar=single_progress_bar)
 
         if use_memory_fs and not is_memory_fs_available:
             raise SystemError("Memory file system is not available")
diff --git a/pandarallel/progress_bars.py b/pandarallel/progress_bars.py
index dfe9190..c7ff979 100644
--- a/pandarallel/progress_bars.py
+++ b/pandarallel/progress_bars.py
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ def is_notebook_lab() -> bool:
 
 
 class ProgressBarsConsole(ProgressBars):
-    def __init__(self, maxs: List[int], show: bool) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, maxs: List[int], show: bool, single_bar=True) -> None:
         self.__show = show
+        self.__single_bar = single_bar
+        if self.__single_bar:
+            maxs = [sum(maxs)]
         self.__bars = [[0, max] for max in maxs]
         self.__width = self.__get_width()
 
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ def update(self, values: List[int]) -> None:
         if not self.__show:
             return
 
+        if self.__single_bar:
+            values = [sum(values)]
         for index, value in enumerate(values):
             self.__bars[index][0] = value
 
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ def update(self, values: List[int]) -> None:
 
 
 class ProgressBarsNotebookLab(ProgressBars):
-    def __init__(self, maxs: List[int], show: bool) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, maxs: List[int], show: bool, single_bar=True) -> None:
         """Initialization.
         Positional argument:
         maxs - List containing the max value of each progress bar
@@ -131,6 +136,9 @@ def __init__(self, maxs: List[int], show: bool) -> None:
         from IPython.display import display
         from ipywidgets import HBox, IntProgress, Label, VBox
 
+        self.__single_bar = single_bar
+        if self.__single_bar:
+            maxs = [sum(maxs)]
         self.__bars = [
             HBox(
                 [
@@ -150,7 +158,8 @@ def update(self, values: List[int]) -> None:
         """
         if not self.__show:
             return
-
+        if self.__single_bar:
+            values = [sum(values)]
         for index, value in enumerate(values):
             bar, label = self.__bars[index].children
 
@@ -166,18 +175,18 @@ def set_error(self, index: int) -> None:
         """Set a bar on error"""
         if not self.__show:
             return
-
+        if self.__single_bar: index = 0
         bar, _ = self.__bars[index].children
         bar.bar_style = "danger"
 
 
 def get_progress_bars(
-    maxs: List[int], show
+    maxs: List[int], show, single_bar
 ) -> Union[ProgressBarsNotebookLab, ProgressBarsConsole]:
     return (
-        ProgressBarsNotebookLab(maxs, show)
+        ProgressBarsNotebookLab(maxs, show, single_bar)
         if is_notebook_lab()
-        else ProgressBarsConsole(maxs, show)
+        else ProgressBarsConsole(maxs, show, single_bar)
     )