Top ten countries for electricity production and consumption, 2014 - Test 3
Cambridge IELTS 13 · Test 3 · Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.
Top ten countries for electricity production and consumption, 2014
Horizontal grouped bar chart titled 'Electricity', listing ten countries by rank. Two bars per country: dark = production (billion kWh); light = consumption (billion kWh). Exact values printed on the chart (production / consumption): 1 China: 5,398 / 5,322. 2 United States: 4,099 / 3,866. 3 Russia: 1,057 / 1,038. 4 Japan: 936.2 / 856.7. 5 India: 871 / 698.8. 6 Canada: 618.9 / 499.9. 7 France: 561.2 / 462.9. 8 Brazil: 530.7 / 455.8. 9 Germany: 526.6 / 582.5. 10 Korea, Rep.: 485.1 / 449.5. Overall: China and the United States produced and consumed far more than any other country — each over 3,800 billion kWh, roughly four to five times Russia in third place. Every country produced more than it consumed except Germany, the only one whose consumption (582.5) exceeded its production (526.6). The gap between production and consumption was largest in the United States (233) and India (172.2).
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