The pie chart given illustrates eight different regions based on the percentage of global consumption and the bar chart given the informaton about the growth of bottled water consumption in the same regions in 2001.
Looking at the illustration in the pie chart, it is immediately evident that the U.S.A. recorded the highest number accounting for nearly half of the water bottles consumed worldwide, whereas the opposite was true for both Western Europe and Australia. Additionally, all regions showed an overall upward trend in the increase of bottled water consumption in 2001, with the biggest figure belonging to Asia and the smallest one is Western Europe.
In the pie chart in 1999, the percentage of bottled water consumption in the U.S.A dominated the chart approximately at 48%, while Asia ranked second with 15% in this list, which was roughly 2% higher than that of the Middle East. Africa, one of the hottest regions in the world just came in fourth at 10%, a number not too high. Both Latin America and New Zealand ranked fifth with 5%, while Australia and Western Europe came in last at 2%.
In 2001, Asia experienced exponential growth, becoming the highest figure in the chart at exactly 14%. Surprisingly, both New Zealand and Latin America went from the fifth ranked in 1999 to third in 2001 at nearly 12%. Middle East and Africa stood in the third position of the increase of bottled water consumption with approximately 10%, followed by the U.S.A. at more than 7%. Western Europe continued to reach the lowest point at under 4%.