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

The given bar chart illustrates the top ten

countries

that produced and consumed the largest amounts of

electricity

in the year 2014.

Overall

, China and the United States were the leading

countries

in both

electricity

output and

consumption

. In all the

countries

, except Germany,

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electricity

generation exceeded

consumption

. China was the largest

electricity

producer and consumer among all the

countries

, with 5,398

billion

kWh

of power generation and

consumption

, followed by the United States, with 4,099

billion

kWh

of energy

production

and 3,866

billion

kWh

of

consumption

. Russia was the only country among the other eight nations whose

electricity

production

and

consumption

exceeded 1,000

billion

kWh

, with 1,057

billion

kWh

and 1,038

billion

kWh

, respectively.

On the other hand

, the Republic of Korea had the lowest

electricity

production

and

consumption

, with only 485.1

billion

kWh

and 449.5

billion

kWh

, respectively. Regarding the remaining

countries

, including Japan, India, Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany, their

electricity

outputs ranged from 526 to 937

billion

kWh

,

while

their

consumption

ranged from 455 to 857

billion

kWh

. It is interesting to note that Germany was the only country that consumed more

electricity

than it generated, with 582.5

billion

kWh

of usage and 526.6

billion

kWh

of

production

.