The charts below give information about the way in which water was used in different countries in 2000. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie chart and the bar chart illustrate the percentage of three different purposes,
agriculture
, domestic and Industry
, of using water
in the world and in four different countries in 2000.
In 2000, the world used 70%, 22%, and 8% of water
in agriculture
, Industry
, and domestic respectively. The pattern resembled that of China in 2000, whereas
India used even more water
, India spent 92% of their water
on farms, and only 8% on domestic and Industry
sectors. In contrast
, agriculture
and industry
almost equally shared 90% of the water
in New Zealand. Among the four countries, the percentage of water
which was used for the Canadian Industry
was 80%, which was the highest. There were 8% and 12% of the water
in Canada used for agriculture
and domestic respectively. The percentage of Canadian domestic using water
is almost the same as Industry
using water
in New Zealand.
Overall
, the data show that water
use in China and India is closer to the world's patterns of consumption.Submitted by BeckyJ on
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