The given pie chart illustrates bottled water consumption in various nations, measured by percentage in 1999, while the provided bar chart depicts the increase of bottled consumption in 2001 in 8 countries.
Overall, in 1999, the percentage of the USA consumption occupied the highest rate, far exceeding other countries. However, until 2001, Asia consumption figure had the downward trend slightly, but still surpassing the USA. All regions declined gradually, excepting of Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and Asia, which increased slightly.
In the first chart, the USA made up the largest percentage of bottle water consumption with 48%, following by Asia, Africa, middle East with 15%, 10% and 13% respectively. The 4 nations – Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America were the regions with the lowest percentage of bottle water consumption, at just 2% and 5%.
Until 2001, the percentage of the USA declined dramatically, falling from 48% to around 8%. In contrast, the Latin America and New Zealand experienced significantly the upward trend, from 5% to approximately 12%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Middle East decreased slightly from 13% to 10%, fairing to Africa. The proportion of Australia consumption rose noticeably from 2% to around 6%. Consequently, the western Europe remained with 2%.