Ielts Academic Writing Task 1 Graphs and pie-charts Water usage in different countries in 2000

The Charts Below Give information about the way in which water was used in different countries in 2000.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and makes comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words

IELTS WRITING TASK 1 - GRAPHS AND PIE CHART

The pie-chart and bar graph elucidate the patterns of water consumption in the world in 2000 and comparable trends in China, India, New Zealand and Canada

On an overall, the largest consumer of water worldwide is agriculture followed by industry and household and consumption in China  is identical to the global consumption, while Canada has a completely contrasting usage pattern.

Agriculture consumed 70% water in 2000 at the global level, while industry accounted for 22% and domestic for 8%. China had a similar pattern with 69%, 22%, 9% respectively. India saw an overwhelming usage in primary sector, 92% while household was the second largest sector with 5% and secondary 3%.

In contrast, in New Zealand, water distribution between agriculture and domestic was more even, 44% and 46% respectively, while industry consumed 10%.

However, Canada witnessed a completely disparate trend, where industry took away a lion's share of this resource, 80%. The second largest consumer was domestic sector which used 12%, and agriculture took the smallest share, barely 8%.