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

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

Sample answer 1: 

The chart reveals the ten countries which produced and consumed the most

electricity in 2014 and provides figures for these amounts in billion kWh.

Overall, what stands out from the chart is that China and the United States
were by far the largest and second largest producers and users of electricity
respectively. Furthermore, Germany was the only country studied where
consumption was higher than production.

Focusing on electricity production, China generated 5,398 billion kWh, the
highest quantity, while the US placed second with 4,099 billion. These figures
were significantly greater than those of the remaining countries, with Russia in
third place, recording 1,057 billion kWh, and the Republic of Korea in tenth,
generating 485.1 billion.

Turning to consumption, the US used 3,866 billion kWh, making it the country
with the biggest gap between production and consumption. The second largest
gap was in India, where consumption was 698.8 billion kWh, 172.2 billion
lower than production. China, which used 5,322 billion kWh, had the greatest
consumption rate, whereas the Republic of Korea had the lowest with 449.5
billion.

Sample answer 2:

The bar chart compares top ten countries in terms of electricity consumption and generation, measured in billion kilowatt-hours (hereinafter referred to as billion kWh).


Overall, while China and the US are the largest and second largest producers and consumers of electricity respectively, the Republic of Korea is the smallest in this regard. Another notable feature is that in almost all countries production slightly exceeded consumption with the exception of Germany, the only country that consumed more electricity than it produced.


When it comes to the leading countries, China ranked first, generating 5,398 billion kWh and consuming 5,322 billion kWh, which is more than 1,000 billion kWh higher than the figures for the United States. The production of electricity in the US stood at 4,099 billion kWh, whereas the consumption amounted to 3866 billion kWh. Russia took the third place and followed with a considerable gap. 1,057 billion kWh were generated and 1038 billion kWh were used in this country.

Among the remaining countries, Japan and India recorded production just under 1 000 billion kWh: 936.2 billion kWh and 871 billion kWh, respectively. The amount of consumption in both countries was reasonably lower than that of production. Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany produced broadly comparable amounts, between slightly over 500 to slightly over 600 billion kWh of electricity, while the consumption figures clustered between about 450 billion kWh and just over 580 billion kWh. The Republic of Korea recorded the lowest figures overall, at 485.1 billion kWh generated and 449.5 billion kWh consumed.