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

The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.
The given chart illustrates ten
countries
that produced and consumed the most amount of
electricity
in 2014.
Overall
,
it is clear that
China and the USA exceeded the rest of the
countries
,
whereas
Germany and the Korean Republic ranked bottom. It can be observed that China held the first place in terms of producing and consuming
electricity
as there were 5,398
billion
kWh
of
electricity
produced and 5,322
billion
kWh
of that consumed.
Moreover
, standing at the second position was the United States as both categories were lower by roughly 1,400
billion
kWh
. These figures were significantly smaller in Russia, Japan, and India as they only took up approximately one-fourth of the figure for the USA.
Furthermore
, Canada, France and Brazil ranked in descending order. Their production and consumption of
electricity
were slightly less than the previous three
countries
at around 570
billion
and 470
billion
kWh
. There was a noticeable difference in Germany as the consumption of
electricity
was higher than the production of it, unlike other
countries
.
In addition
, at the bottom of the list was Korea where both categories only stood at nearly 465
billion
kWh
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words countries, electricity, billion, kwh with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stand" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • megawatt-hours (MWh)
  • electricity grid
  • renewable energy sources
  • fossil fuels
  • energy efficiency
  • consumption patterns
  • power generation
  • industrial demand
  • residential use
  • transmission losses
  • energy imports
  • sustainability
  • carbon footprint
  • energy policy
  • capacity
  • infrastructure
  • demand and supply
  • electrification
  • energy security
  • grid reliability
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