The pie chart compares the proportion of eight different regions’ bottled water consumption in 1999 while the bar chart delineates the tendency of consuming bottled water in 2001 of the same investigated regions.
Overall, the U.S.A predominated the amount of bottled water consumed in 1999 whereas Asia displayed the greatest growth in consumption. Additionally, Western Europe accounted for the least percentage in both categories.
Regarding bottled water consumption in 1999, the U.S.A accounted for nearly half the proportion , with its contribution taking up 48% which was much larger compared to that of the remaining regions. Followed at a significant disparity were Asia (15%) and the Middle East (13%). Africa contributed one-tenth of the pie, which doubled that of Latin America and New Zealand, both standing at 5%. Similarly, Australia and Western East also shared the same proportion of merely 2%, making them the smallest consumers.
In terms of the rise of consumption in 2001, Asia exhibited the fastest growth of just below 14%. New Zealand and Latin America shared the same percentage of more than 12%, differing by only 2% compared to the largest proportion. The pattern of having the same percentage continued to be seen in other regions. In detail, the Middle East and Africa stood together at about 10%, while Australia and the U.S.A exhibited the same growth of around 8%. Western Europe followed at a notable gap of 5% and continued to take up the least proportion of approximately 3%, comparatively much smaller than that of other regions.