The pie charts illustrate the water consumption in six regions around the world for various purposes such as industrial, agricultural and domestic use.
overall, a glance at the given figures reveals that agriculture consumes the most water in almost all countries, while domestic use is the least.
in Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia, farming accounts for nearly four-fifths of the total water consumption: 84%, 88% and 81%, respectively. Conversely, industrial use doesn’t exceeds from 10 percent in any of these areas, with the exception of South east Asia at 12 percent.
Compared to the mentioned regions above, agriculture comprises more than two-thirds of water use in North America, while industrial use stands at 10% and household consumption is a noteworthy 19%.
In North America and Europe water consumption shows a different trend. industry is the the main water consuming sector in these areas, 48% and 53% respectively. Agriculture is in the second place with roughly 35%. households are in account of the remained portion.
