The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart compares the ten highest-ranked countries in terms of the amount of

electricity

produced and consumed in 2014.

It is clear that

in 2014 China was by far the largest producer of

electricity

and

also

the largest consumer of

electricity

,

while

the Republic of Korea had the lowest of all ten countries for both amounts. In 2014, China produced around 5,400

billion

kWh

of

electricity

and used almost the same amount, ranking first. The United States followed in second place with about 400

billion

kWh

of production and 390

billion

kWh

of consumption.

By contrast

, the Republic of Korea's production capacity and

electricity

demand is approximately less than 10 per cent of those of China. The figures for Russia and Japan were more or less than 100

billion

kWh

. It is

also

worth noting that Germany is the only one of these ten countries whose domestic

electricity

consumption (582.5

billion

kWh

) exceeds its production (526.6

billion

kWh

).