The bar chart below shows the top ten counties for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph shows the ten

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that produced and consumed the most significant amounts of electricity in 2014.

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, China and the United States led in electricity output and use. Generation exceeded consumption in all the

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except Germany. At 5,398 and 5,322

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, China generated and used more power than any of the other

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. The United States was the second-largest producer and consumer of power, at 4,099 and 3,866

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, respectively. Of the other eight

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, Russia was the only country with over 1,000

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of output and consumption, at 1,057 and 1,038

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, respectively. In comparison, the corresponding figures for the Republic of Korea were only 485,1 and 449,5

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, making it the smallest electricity-producing and consuming country. Japan, India, Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany's outputs ranged from 526 to 937

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their usages ranged from 455 to 857

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noteworthy that Germany was the only country that used more power than it generated, at 582,5 and 526,6

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, respectively.