The four pie charts give the information about the production of electricity by five fuel sources, namely: coal, oil, natural gas, hydro power, and nuclear power in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000. The statistics are provided in units.
Overall, both countries have dramatically increased the total production of electricity over two decades, with France outstripping its counterpart in the second given year. While coal was the dominant fuel source in Australia in both years, France made nuclear power the main source of electricity by the end of the period.
Australia produced one hundred units of electricity in 1980, where coal comprised half of the total production (50 units). Natural gas and hydro power made up two-fifths of electricity, producing 20 units each, whereas oil accounted for modest 10 units. By 2000, the total electricity production had drastically increased to 170 units, with coal being the primary source and comprising 130 units. The rest 40 units were produced from hydro power (36 units), natural gas and oil (2 units each).
In contrast, the total production of electricity in France was slightly lower in 1980 than in Australia the same year; it comprised 90 units of electricity. This production was almost equally fuelled by all fuel sources, where fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and oil made up 70 units of electricity production (25, 25, 20 units) respectively. Meanwhile, green energy sources, like hydro power and nuclear power comprised modest 20 units together. By 2000, France had doubled its electricity production to 180 units, with the nuclear power becoming the leading energy source (126 units). Oil and coal remained almost unchanged, producing 25 units of electricity each, whereas natural gas and hydro power decreased to 2 units each.