The pie chart illustrates the information about the proportion of world water use, while the bar chart compares the percentages of water use by selected countries in 2000. The data include four countries: Canada, New Zealand, India, and China.
Overall, it is evident that Canada had the highest rate of water use in the industry sector, while India used only a small rate of water in this category. In contrast, India used a significantly high percentage of water for agricultural purposes, whereas Canada used the lowest figure for this purpose. Furthermore, the majority of the world’s water was used for agricultural purposes.
In detail, 70% of the world’s water was used in the agriculture sector, and India had the highest rate for water use, while only 8% of water was used in Canada in this sector. In addition, industrial use was recorded as the second highest proportion (22%), and Canada had a significantly higher figure among other selected countries (80%). Conversely, the water use the industry sector accounted for only 3% in India.
Meanwhile, only 8% of the world’s water was used for domestic purposes. Additionally, 46% of domestic water was used in New Zealand, whereas the other three countries used less water compared to the New Zealand figure. Canada was recorded at 12%, China at 9%, and India at 5%.