The bar chart below shows the top 10 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.

The given bar chart illustrates the top ten

countries

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that produced and consumed the largest amounts of

electricity

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in the year 2014.

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, China and the United States were the leading

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in both

electricity

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output and

consumption

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. In all the

countries

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, except Germany,

the

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electricity

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generation exceeded

consumption

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. China was the largest

electricity

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producer and consumer among all the

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, with 5,398

billion

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kWh

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of power generation and

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, followed by the United States, with 4,099

billion

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kWh

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of energy

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and 3,866

billion

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kWh

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of

consumption

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. Russia was the only country among the other eight nations whose

electricity

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production

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and

consumption

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exceeded 1,000

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kWh

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, with 1,057

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kWh

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and 1,038

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kWh

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, respectively.

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, the Republic of Korea had the lowest

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production

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and

consumption

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, with only 485.1

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kWh

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and 449.5

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kWh

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, respectively. Regarding the remaining

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, including Japan, India, Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany, their

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outputs ranged from 526 to 937

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kWh

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,

while

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their

consumption

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ranged from 455 to 857

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kWh

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. It is interesting to note that Germany was the only country that consumed more

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than it generated, with 582.5

billion

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kWh

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of usage and 526.6

billion

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kWh

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of

production

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.