Band 5+: The pie chart below shows bottled water consumption in various regions as a percent of global consumption and the bar chart shows the growth of bottled water consumption in 2001.

The pie chart illustrates the shares of bottled water consumption across eight different areas in 1999, whereas the bar chart depicts the increase in percent in 2001.

Overall, Latin America by far surpassed other areas in consumption of bottled water in 1999. Notably, Asia witnessed the most pronounced change among the six surveyed regions in 2001.

It can be seen from the bar chart that Western Europe donated the consumption of bottled water, making up 48% of the total, which was three times more than the share of the USA at 15%. Closely followed was New Zealand, accounting for 13%, a little higher than Western Europe which contributed 10%. Africa and the Middle East share a similar share of bottled water usage, merely at 5% of the total. Likewise, both Australia and Asia used only 2% of bottled water.

Regarding the bar chart, Asia experienced a 14% increase in 2001, which was closely followed by Latin America and New Zealand, each seeing a growth at around 12% The share of change in the Middle East was on par with that of Africa, at roughly 10%. Likewise, the USA and Australia saw an identical percent change, at approximately 8 %. Western Europe significantly lagged behind, with only a 3% rise.