The given illustrations demonstrate the proportions of water used for six different products, namely vegetables, cereal, dairy, fruits, rice, and livestock, during 2004 and the percentages of income from these products in Australia during the same period.
Overall, vegetables needed much more water than the other five products. However, the total income from fruits far surpassed that of vegetables.
In 2004, the amount of water used for vegetables took the lead, at 33%, followed by fruits at 28%. Cereal constituted 12% of water usage, about half that of fruits during the same period. It is noteworthy that 3% of water was spent on livestock and rice. People used 8% of water in manufacturing dairy products, which shared an equal percentage of that product’s total income.
The profit from selling fruits made up 42%, higher than the amount of water utilized for growing fruits at 14%. In contrast, revenue from vegetables decreased to 33% compared to the amount of water used for this food. Another interesting element to note is that the proportions of income from rice and livestock were 1% and 3%, respectively. In addition, 13% of total profit came from cereal, experiencing marginal growth when producing it in 2004.