the bar chart below shows the top ten countrie for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

The column chart illustrates the

production

and

consumption

of

electricity

in ten different countries in the year 2014.

Overall

, in 2014, Chinese people were the largest

electricity

consumers and producers,

whereas

Korean people had the lowest

consumption

and

production

of

electricity

in the same year.

Moreover

, Americans placed the second highest consumer and producer of

electricity

. In 2014, the

production

of

electricity

in nine countries was more than its

consumption

.

However

, Germans were an exception in

this

case. In China, the figures for

production

and

consumption

of

electricity

were the highest at 5,398

billion

kWh

and 5322

billion

kWh

, respectively.

By contrast

, the numbers for consumed and produced

electricity

in Korea were the smallest at 449

billion

kWh

and 485

billion

kWh

, respectively.

Furthermore

, America was the second largest producer and consumer of

electricity

at 4099

billion

kWh

and 3866

billion

kWh

, respectively. It is worth noting that Germany was the only country in which the

consumption

of

electricity

was more than the

production

of it at 582

billion

kWh

compared to 526

billion

kWh

.