The figure presents data relating to the quantities of electricity (measured in billions of kilowatts per hour) produced and used in 2014 by the ten countries in the world that produce and use the greatest amount of electricity.
China is the largest electricity producer and consumer among all the countries, with 5,398 billion kWh of power generation and 5,322 billion kWh of consumption, followed by the United States, with 4,099 billion kWh of energy production and 3,866 billion kWh of consumption.
Russia is the only country among the other eight nations whose electricity production and consumption exceed 1,000 billion kWh, with 1,057 billion kWh and 1,038 billion kWh, respectively. On the other hand, the Republic of Korea has 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 range from 526 to 937 billion kWh, while their consumption range from 455 to 857 billion kWh. It is interesting to note that Germany is the unique country that consumes more electricity than it generates, with 582.5 billion kWh of usage and 526.6 billion kWh of production.
From the data, it is evident that China and United States are the leading countries in both electricity output and consumption. In all the countries, except Germany, the electricity generation exceeded consumption.