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.

This

bar chart provides information on

electricity

production and consumption in 10 countries during 2014. It is evident that China and the United States were the highest in both production and consumption,

while

the other countries had similar amounts. Germany was the only country where

electricity

usage exceeded the amount generated. China was the leading country in both creating and using

electricity

, producing 5,398

billion

kWh

and consuming 5,322

billion

kWh

. The United States was the second-highest producer and consumer with 4,099

billion

kWh

and 3,866

billion

kWh

, respectively. Russia was third on the list, generating and using almost 1000

billion

kWh

each. The remaining countries, Japan, India, Canada, France, Brazil, Germany, and the Republic of Korea, all had a proportion of under one thousand

billion

kWh

in both sections. Germany was the only country where the amount of

electricity

consumed exceeded the amount generated, consuming 582.5

billion

kWh

and generating 526.6

billion

kWh

.