The pie chart displays the worldwide rate of bottled water usage in 8 different countries in 1999 , while the bar chart describes the expand of shift in the percentage by 2001.
Overall, it is shown that, at the beginning of the period, the major part of consumed bottled water was registered in Western Europe, however , the figure for Asia experienced the most significant alteration.
According to the pie chart, in 1999, the proportion of bottled water that was drunk by people was the highest in the Western Europe, composing 45% from overall consumption around the world. The Australia was lagging behind the first region by 33%. Identical figures had been recorded in Middle East and Africa, where each one composed 5%. The same tendency was shown by the Asia and the U.S.A, with 2% each.
When coming to the modified rate(rate of changes), Asia kept its leadership in terms of bottled water intake with an increase of 14% in 2001. At the same time, Western Europe experienced only below 4% growth. In contrast to Western Europe, the US faced a significant increase,nearly 8%, in the rate of bottled water consumption in same year. However, by the end of the period, Latin America and New Zealand had the same change rate – increase up to approximately 12%.