The pie charts compare the proportion of the domestic, agricultural and industrial water consumptions in six parts of the world

The table shows the proportion of Irish, Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish people consumption of three group’s elements in 2002.
Overall, the largest proportion of consumer expenses for each country was food, drinks and tobacco. Conversely education and entertainment section shows the lowest percentages of expenditures among the five countries.
Percentage of food drinks and tobacco consumptions was the highest in Turkey at 32.14%, followed by Ireland at nearly 29. Likewise, Turkey shows the highest proportion in the expenditure of leisure and education at 4.35%. For the clothing and footwear section, the largest amount of spending was for Italy at 9%.
In terms of lowest expenditures, the table shows that Sweden had the lowest figures for national consumer spending for food, drinks and tobacco and clothing and footwear, at 15.77% and 5.40% respectively. Spain had the smallest percentage of spending on leisure and education at almost 2%, followed by closely by Ireland with a figure of 2.21%.



The pie charts compare the proportion of the domestic, agricultural and industrial water consumptions in six parts of the world.
Overall, vast majority of water is utilized for agriculture in South America, Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia, whereas North Americans and Europeans used their largest amount of water for industrial purpose.
To begin with, more than 80% of the water in Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia goes to agricultural sector. Similarly, South Americans consume a large proportion of water for the same purpose, at 71%. While industrial water consumption in South East Asia accounts for 12% of total water usage, the figure for Central Asia is merely 5%. Interestingly enough, these two regions use the same percentage of water for domestic purpose (7%). In addition, more water is consumed for household function in South America than in Africa, which is 19% and 9% respectively.

With regard to North America and Europe, about half of water consumption is for industrial division. While North Americans use 39% of the water for agriculture, Europeans consume less amount of water for the same purpose, at 32%. For domestic sector, we can see that both regions utilize the smallest percentage of water.