The pie graph gives information about bottled water consumption in eight different regions in 1999 and the bar chart depicts the changes in these after 2 years. Overall, while Western Europe made up for the largest proportion of the global consumption, its change was the lowest. In contrast, Asia was the region with the smallest water usage yet it had the most significant change over 2 years.
Looking specifically at the pie graph, it is noticeable that Western Europe used water the most as it accounted for nearly half of the total water consumption worldwide. It was followed by the USA, New Zealand and Latin America whose figures ranged from 15% to 10%. Africa and the Middle East’s counterparts were identical with a contribution of 5% each to the global water consumption. Ranked at the lowest, Asia and Australia shared the same data at 2%.
As for the bar chart, it is clearly shown that Asia witnessed the most notable change in its proportion of the world’s water expenditure in a 2-year period of 14%. Interestingly, Latin America and New Zealand’s made the same changes throughout 2 years at around 12%, while the Middle East and Africa’s figures followed the same trend with 10% each. Australia and the USA’s were also reported to increase with the same rate of 8%, and Western Europe remained almost steady compared to the previous year with a slight rise of about 2%.