The charts compare the amount of water used for agriculture, industry and homes around the world, and water use in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It is clear that global water needs rose significantly between 1900 and 2000, and that agriculture accounted for the largest proportion of water used. We can also see that water consumption was considerably higher in Brazil than in the Congo.
In 1900, around 500km³ of water was used by the agriculture sector worldwide. The figures for industrial and domestic water consumption stood at around one fifth of that amount. By 2000, global water use for agriculture had increased to around 3000km³, industrial water use had risen to just under half that amount, and domestic consumption had reached approximately 500km³.
In the year 2000, the populations of Brazil and the Congo were 176 million and 5. 2 million respectively. Water consumption per person in Brazil, at 359m³, was much higher than that in the Congo, at only 8m³, and this could be explained by the fact that Brazil had 265 times more irrigated land. 
The charts compare the amount of  
water
  used
 for  
agriculture
, industry and homes  
around
 the world, and  
water
  use
 in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It is  
clear
 that global  
water
 needs rose  
significantly
 between 1900 and 2000, and that  
agriculture
 accounted for the largest proportion of  
water
  used
. We can  
also
  see
 that  
water
  consumption
 was  
considerably
 higher in Brazil than in the Congo.
In 1900,  
around
  500km
³ of  
water
 was  
used
 by the  
agriculture
 sector worldwide. The figures for industrial and domestic  
water
  consumption
 stood at  
around
 one fifth of that amount. By 2000, global  
water
  use
 for  
agriculture
 had increased to  
around
  3000km
³, industrial  
water
  use
 had risen to  
just
 under half that amount, and domestic  
consumption
 had reached approximately  
500km
³.
In the year 2000, the populations of Brazil and the Congo were 176 million and 5. 2 million  
respectively
.  
Water
  consumption
 per person in Brazil, at  
359m
³, was much higher than that in the Congo, at  
only
  8m
³, and this could be  
explained
 by the fact that Brazil had 265 times more irrigated land.