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 lands
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 lands