Band 6+: The pie graph 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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart illustrates a breakdown of bottled water consumption in 1999 in different parts of the world, while the bar graph gives information about the proportion of changes in 2001.

Overall, Western Europe had by far the largest proportion of bottled water consumed in 1999, whereas Asia and the USA recorded the lowest shares. The bar chart shows that Asia changed significantly in 2001, but Western Europe least.

According to the pie chart, under half (48%) of bottled water was consumed in Western Europe, whereas Asia and the USA recorded the lowest shares, both of them were 2%. The next areas on the list were nowhere close to Australia (15%) and New Zealand (13%). Following that, Latin America consumed it 10% of the year. The last two countries, which are Africa and the Middle East, show 5% of consumption.

In the bar chart, in 2001, in the USA, approximately 7.5% of changes occurred, and it shows the same proportion as Australia, while New Zealand and Latin America had the same proportion of changes, which is 12%. Whereas, in Asia, there were significant changes, which is 14% of the world’s highest point, but at this time, in Western Europe, there were fewer changes (12%) than others. Moreover, the Middle East and Africa had 10% of the changes in 2001.