Region of the World Percentage Value in Metric tons North America 17 23,332,500 Asia 52 71,370,000 Africa 3 4,117,500 Europe 18 24,705,000 Latin America and the Caribbean 8 10,980,000 Oceania <u> 2</u> <u> 2,745,000</u> 100 137,250,000
We multiply the 137.25 million metric tons by its percentage to get its equivalent value in metric tons.
Asia uses 71.37 million metric tons.
In making the bar graph, The vertical line will be the percentage and the horizontal line will be the region. Bars of each region should have different colors for easy identification. Spaces between bars should be present, so that the bar graph will not be confused with the histogram.