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 10
countries
with electricity usage and generation in 2014.
Overall
, the data can be grouped by two trends with the highest and lowest figures. The
first
one
is represented by two
countries
,
whereas
the second
one
is composed of eight others. Notably, nine of ten
countries
produce more electricity than they use with
one
exception - Germany. In the
first
group, China is shown as the biggest producer and consumer of electriс energy in general.
Also
, the USA figures are lower at about 25%.
In contrast
, the USA's production surpassed its consumption compared to China's, with a difference ranging from about 3 to 5%. In the second group, we see
countries
with indicators five times lower than the
countries
from the
first
one
. The discrepancy between the
first
and the
last
items is 50%. Having said that, the lowest numbers belong to the Korean Republic (slightly less than 500) and the highest to Russia (a bit more than 1000). Germany's consumption is unique because of exceeds the production of electricity by nearly 1%.
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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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