The pie chart provides 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 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 chart, 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 shares were identical with a contribution of 5% each to the global water consumption. Ranked 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 at 14% over 2 years. Interestingly, Latin America and New Zealand’s changes were the same 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 at the same rate of 8%, and Western Europe remained almost steady compared to the previous year with a slight rise of about 2%.