The provided pie charts illustrate information about the proportion of water used for three various purposes, such as industrial use, agricultural use, and domestic use, in six regions of the world.
Overall, it is clear that the percentage of water used for agriculture was the most popular purpose in every region, except for North America and Europe, where industrial use was more popular.
Regarding the proportion of water in North America, almost a half of the water was used for industrial use, with 48%. The percentage of water for agricultural use was less by 9% than industrial use and the percentage of water used for domestic use was 13%. In South America, the percentage for agricultural use was the highest with 71%, while the proportions for industrial and domestic use were 10% and 19%, respectively. When it comes to the proportion of water in Europe, it was 53% for industrial use and 32% for agricultural use. In addition, the percentage of water for domestic use was 15%.
In other regions such as Africa, Central Asia, and South East Asia, the proportions showed a similar pattern, where agricultural use was the most popular. In Central Asia, the percentage of water for agriculture was 88% and in Africa and South East Asia were 84% and 81%, respectively. Moreover, the proportion of water for industrial use was 7% in Africa and 5% in Central Asia. Meanwhile, this percentage in South East Asia was 12%. Both Central Asia and South East Asia experienced the same proportions of water for domestic use with 7%. While this percentage for Africa was 9%.