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

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generation and

consumption

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in 2014.

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, the amounts of

electricity

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

also

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noticeable that Germany was the only country that consumed more

electricity

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

consumption

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of

electricity

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of more than 5,300

billion

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kWh

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each. The US, the second largest

electricity

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producer and consumer, generated 4,099

billion

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kWh

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and consumed 3,866

billion

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kWh

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

electricity

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generation and

consumption

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being just over 1,000

billion

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kWh

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

billion

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kWh

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

consumption

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of

electricity

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at around 50-150

billion

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kWh

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,

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it is interesting to note that Germany produced 526.6

billion

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kWh

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of

electricity

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, but it consumed 582.5

billion

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kWh

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.