FIGURE2 Countries in the world differ in their use of water.
ARCTIC OCEAN
Arctic Circle
PACIFIC
ATLANTIC
Tropic of Cancer
OCEAN
OCEAN
Equator
INDIAN
OCEAN
Tropic of Capricorn
0
2500
5000 km
Legend
Main uses of water (in order of use) Agriculture, industry, domestic/municipal
Industry, domestic/ municipal, agriculture
Domestic/municipal, agriculture, industry
No data
Agriculture, domestic/ municipal, industry
Industry, agriculture, domestic/municipal
Domestic/municipal, industry, agriculture
and second uses is 10% or less
Source: Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y., 2011. National water footprint accounts: The green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption’ , Value of Water Research Report Series No. 50, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands
FIGURE3 Regional use of water for different purposes
10%
32%
19%
39%
71%
53%
48%
15%
13%
Europe
North America
South America
12%
7%
11%
9%
7%
Industrial use Agricultural use Domestic use
22%
81%
67%
84%
South-East Asia
Africa
Australia
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