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The table below describes water usage for 3 different purposes in 6 countries in 2003.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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WhyThis is aTable — it asks you to group and compare the key figures.
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It is clear from the table that most countries used the largest share of water in the agricultural sector and the smallest – in industrial.
It is clear from the table that most countries used the largest share of water in the agricultural sector and the smallest – in industrial.
To begin, the United Kingdom and China had almost identical water usage profiles and their ratios of agricultural water usage were around 90%, while their domestic and industrial water usage ranged between 5 and 7%.
India had slightly different figures, with a lower value for agriculture at 82% and higher figures for domestic and industrial usage at 10 and 8%, respectively.
Canada and Australia had a similar domestic water usage, at 63 and 65%, respectively; however the industry in Canada was a major water consumer at 32%, compared to just 2% in Australia.
The Canadian agriculture consumed an insignificant 5% of water, unlike Australia, whose agriculture used 33% of water.
Lastly, Japan use the largest share of its water in agriculture (66%), and the rest was shared between domestic and industrial use, in similar proportions of 19% and 15%, respectively.
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