The pie charts compare the amount of electricity generated by five different types of fuel energies in Australia and France between 1980 and 2000. Overall, the electricity production in both countries registered a significant increase from 1980 to 2000. While the sum of the total output from each country was similar, there was a big difference in the composition of fuel used.
Coal became the largest contributor to electricity generation in Australia each year, constituting half of the total production in 1980. Then, in the next 20 years, the usage of coal was twice as high as that from the former year, reaching 130 units of production. Similarly, coal was also responsible for the most output in France in the former year, accounting for 25; however, in 2000, nuclear power was leading with 126 units produced, where the usage of this energy was none in Australia.
Both countries depended on Natural gas in the former year, but the energy usage in both countries decreased significantly in the latter year. On the other hand, each country relied on oil in 1980, whereas in France the amount of electricity increased slightly from 20 units to 25 units, in contrast, the usage of oil in Australia fell substantially by 8 units. Moreover, hydropower became an important source in Australia in both years, while in France, the electricity output from this energy declined by 3 units between 1980 and 2000.