The charts show the percentage of water used for different purposes in six areas of the world.

The charts show the percentage of water used for different purposes in six areas of the world.
The presented graph depicts data about various
water
consumption purposes in North
America
, South
America
,
Europe
, Africa, Central
Asia
and South East
Asia
. In general, almost all areas use
water
mainly for agricultural
usage
except in North
America
and
Europe
. On average, agricultural
usage
takes up to 80% of total
water
consumption in Africa, South
America
, Central
Asia
and South East
Asia
.
In contrast
,
water
is used mainly for industrial purposes in
Europe
and North
America
, taking up to 50% of total
water
usage
. Upon taking a closer examination, it is evident that the least
water
usage
is coming from the domestic sector with only about 7% to 19% consumption across all continents. The data
also
shows that the percentage of
water
used for industrial and domestic sectors in South
America
, Africa, Central
Asia
and South East
Asia
is quite similar with only about a 5% difference
whereas
a significant gap of 40% was observed in North
America
and
Europe
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • consumption
  • irrigation
  • domestic
  • industrial
  • regional disparity
  • economic structure
  • sustainable management
  • water-scarce
  • population density
  • urbanization
  • data trends
  • resource allocation
  • percentage distribution
  • extremes
  • variations
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