Cambridge 13 Test 3 (Bar Graph)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER:

The bar chart compares 10 highest-ranking countries in terms of electricity generation and consumption in 2014.

Overall, the amounts of electricity produced and consumed in China and the US were far higher than the other nations. It is also noticeable that Germany was the only country that consumed more electricity than it generated.

Out of the 10 nations, China ranked first with the production and consumption of electricity being just over 5,300 billion kWh each. The US, the second largest electricity producer and consumer, generated 4,099 billion kWh and consumed 3,866 billion kWh.

Looking at the remaining countries, we can see that Russia was the only nation with electricity generation and consumption being just over 1,000 billion kWh each, followed by Japan and India, with the figures being slightly lower, ranging from 698.8 to 1,057 billion kWh. The figures for the other countries show a difference in production and consumption of electricity at around 50-150 billion kWh, while it is interesting to note that Germany produced 526.6 billion kWh of electricity, but it consumed 582.5 billion kWh.

(177 words, band 8.0, written by Nguyen Huyen)