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 where relevant.

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 where relevant.
The bar chart presents the data on electricity generation and usage for 10
countries
in 2014.
Overall
, the main tendency indicates that the production of electric energy exceeds consumption for most
countries
.
However
, Germany has the opposite trend in consumption over production. The study items can be divided into two groups because of the huge discrepancy in both categories. The first one consists of two
countries
: China and the United States. In general, they produce and consume 5 times more than others and the leading position is taken by China with the figure at about 5400
billion
on average.
In contrast
, the USA's average figures are lower by 25% with a value near 4100
billion
. The second one includes all the other 8
countries
. The difference between the top and bottom items at around 50%. Russia's figures show the average utilization of resources at around 1000
billion
,
whereas
the Korean Republic's is close to 500
billion
respectively. Notably, Germany consumes more compared to any other country and the figure is slightly above 580
billion
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • electricity production
  • electricity consumption
  • disparity
  • significant
  • top ten countries
  • main features
  • compare
  • relevant
  • geographical concentration
  • trends
  • patterns
  • implications
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