A broad assessment of the data reveals that China and the USA were by far the greatest users and producers of electricity, while the bottom half of the Top 10 had similar electricity production and consumption needs.
China was the world’s leading energy generator and consumer in 2014, producing around 5500 billion kWh and consuming almost the same amount. In second place, the USA produced and consumed about 20 percent less electricity than China. The remainder of the Top 5 – Russia, India, and Japan – generated and used up about four to five times less power than China or the USA.
In seventh and eighth place, France and Brazil both produced and consumed similar amounts of electricity, with production figures of approximately 550 billion kWh and consumption of around 450 billion kWh. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that ninth-placed Germany was the only country whose energy consumption was higher than its production. In fact, its consumption figures were the fifth-highest. Finally, rounding out the Top 10 was South Korea with electricity generation and usage numbers a little under 500 billion kWh.
A broad assessment of the data reveals that China and the USA were by far the greatest users and producers of
electricity
, while the bottom half of the Top 10 had similar
electricity
production and
consumption
needs.
China was the world’s leading energy generator and consumer in 2014, producing around 5500
billion
kWh and consuming almost the same amount. In second place, the USA produced and consumed about 20 percent less
electricity
than China. The remainder of the Top 5
–
Russia, India, and Japan
–
generated and
used
up about four to five times less power than China or the USA.
In seventh and eighth place, France and Brazil both produced and consumed similar amounts of
electricity
, with production figures of approximately 550
billion
kWh and
consumption
of around 450
billion
kWh.
Furthermore
, it is interesting to note that ninth-placed Germany was the
only
country whose energy
consumption
was higher than its production. In fact, its
consumption
figures were the fifth-highest.
Finally
, rounding out the Top 10 was South Korea with
electricity
generation and usage numbers a
little
under 500
billion
kWh.