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 were relevant.

The bar chart compares the ten highest-ranking countries in terms of

electricity

generation and

consumption

in 2014.

Overall

, the amounts of

electricity

produced and consumed in China and the US were far higher than the other nations. It is

also

noticeable that Germany was the only country that consumed more

electricity

than it generated. Out of the 10 nations, China ranked first with the production and

consumption

of

electricity

of more than 5,300

billion

kWh

each. The US, the second largest

electricity

producer and consumer, generated 4,099

billion

kWh

and consumed 3,866

billion

kWh

. Looking at the remaining countries, we can see that Russia was the only nation with

electricity

generation and

consumption

being just over 1,000

billion

kWh

each, followed by Japan and India, with the figures being slightly lower, ranging from 698.8 to 1,057

billion

kWh

. The figures for the other countries show a difference in production and

consumption

of

electricity

at around 50-150

billion

kWh

,

while

it is interesting to note that Germany produced 526.6

billion

kWh

of

electricity

, but it consumed 582.5

billion

kWh

.