The pie chart illustrates how many units of electricity were produced by coal, oil, natural gas, hydro and nuclear power in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000.
Overall, in both Australia and France summary electricity production increased. It can be seen that in 1980 both countries generated electricity from different sources, whereas in 2000 one source dominated ( in Australia it was coal and in France it was nuclear power). Moreover, Australia didn’t use nuclear power as a source, while France did.
In 1980 in Australia coal represented one-half of the 100 total units, both hydro power and natural gas represented 20 units and oil accounted for one-tenth of the total. In France both coal and natural gas accounted for 25 units out of 90, whereas oil represented 20 units, nuclear power made up one-sixth of total and hydro power made up a mere 5 units.
In 2000 in Australia, generation from coal almost tripled to 130 units, production by hydro power increased by 16 units, while both oil and natural gas plunged to 2 units. In France, production from nuclear power soared more than eight times to 126 units, while generation by coal remained the same as in 1980, those of oil increased by 5 units and those of both natural gas and hydro power plummeted to 2 units.