The table compares the quantities of water used in three sectors—agriculture, industry, and households—across six countries.
Overall, all nations allocated substantially more water to agriculture than to households and industries. It is also notable that Canada used the most water overall, while the opposite was true for China.
In terms of agricultural water use, Russia led the pack, with a striking 1,863 m³ of water used in this sector. Turkey (1,482 m³) and Canada (1,238 m³) trailed behind to some extent. The remaining countries, in contrast, recorded the figures below the 1000 m³ mark: 810 m³ for the UK; 806 m³ for China; and 741 m³ for Australia.
Concerning industrial water usage, Canada and Turkey again used significantly more water than the other countries, with respective figures of 832 m³ and 731 m³. Following distantly behind were the UK and Australia, with 398 m³ and 276 m³ of water, respectively. Lower still were the figures for China (71 m³) and Russia (56 m³), in that order.
Of particular note is the fact that each country in question used the least amount of water for domestic purposes. It was only Australia and Canada with a three-digit amount of domestic water usage, 341 m³ and 279 m³. In descending order of absolute numbers, the other nations rounded off the list: 98 m³ in Russia; 80 m³ in Turkey; 38 m³ in the UK; and 26 m³ in China.