The pie graph illustrates the proportion of bottled water consumed in many different areas on a global scale in 1999, while the bar chart shows the noticeable changes’ in 2001.
What is notable from the chart is that there was an upward trend in the percentage of water consumption in all recorded regions. Among all the recorded countries, USA emerged as the leading areas, consuming bottled water, whereas West Europe remained the lowest position during the entire surveyed period.
In 1999, the value for USA was 48%, making it the dominant water-consuming country. Far below were Asia, Middle East, as their corresponding figure at 15% and 13%. This is followed by Africa with the figure being 10%, double that for Latin Americal and New Zealand. At the bottom of the list came Western Europe at a mere 2%, similar to the Australia counterpart.
From then onwards, the first place belonged to Asia, with a surge of 14% in proportion of water consumed. Meanwhile, the figure for Latin Americal and New Zealand were 13% of changed rate, exceeding those for Africa and Middle East by 3%. Ultimately, there was a moderate growth in water consumption in Australia and USA, with only 8% in 2001, while the figure for Western East was slightly lower, at 3%.