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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 27th October
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
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.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar graph displays the ten countries that produced and consumed the largest amounts of electricity in 2014.
Overall, China and the United States led in both electricity output and use. Generation exceeded consumption in all the countries except Germany.
At 5,398 and 5,322 billion kWh, China generated and used more power than any of the other countries. The United States was the second-largest producer and consumer of power, at 4,099 and 3,866 billion kWh respectively.
Of the other eight countries, Russia was the only country whose output and consumption were over 1,000 billion kWh, at 1,057 and 1,038 billion kWh respectively. In comparison, the corresponding figures for the Republic of Korea were only 485.1 and 449.5 billion kWh, making it the smallest electricity-producing and consuming country.
In terms of Japan, India, Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany, their outputs ranged from 526 to 937 billion kWh while their usages ranged from 455 to 857 billion kWh. It is also noteworthy that Germany was the only country that used more power than it generated, at 582.5 and 526.6 billion kWh respectively.
