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.

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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,

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

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

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, producing 5,398

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and consuming 5,322

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

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and 3,866

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

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

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

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consumed exceeded the amount generated, consuming 582.5

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and generating 526.6

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.