The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

The chart illustrates electricity

consumption

and

production

in the top ten highest

countries

in 2014. It is clear from the chart that all

countries

, with the exception of Germany, produce marginally more than they consume. The two top

countries

, the United States and particularly China, were strong outliers

while

the remaining

countries

had similar numbers and lagged far behind in both

production

and

consumption

. China produced and consumed the most, at 5,398 billion and 5,322

kWh

, respectively. The

next

nearest country in terms of both statistics was the US, where residents consumed 3,866 kilowatts an hour and produced slightly more at 4,099. Russian lead the rest of the nations with 1,057 (in

production

) and 1,038

kWh

(expenditure) followed by Japan (936.2 for

production

and 856.7

kWh

for

consumption

). India and Canada ranked 5th and 6th with India producing 871

kWh

and consuming 698.8

while

Canada was slightly lower in both (618.9 and 499.9

kWh

). In the 7th and 8th spots were France (producing 561.2

kWh

and consuming 462.9) and Brazil, which recorded numbers

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530.7 and 455.8 for

production

and

consumption

, respectively. In the final two positions were Germany and the Republic of Korea with Germany having higher

production

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Korea (526.6 to 485.1

kWh

)

as well as

consumption

(582.5

kWh

compared with 449.5).