The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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line graph illustrates the

carbon

dioxide

emissions

made by people living in different countries (United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal) over forty year period. Units are given as

carbon

dioxide

emissions

in metric

tonnes

.

Overall

it is evident that

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the

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carbon

dioxide

emissions

have decreased significantly in

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Kingdom and Portugal

whereas

these

emissions

show an upward trend in Italy and Portugal till 2007.

Further

, it can be inferred that the British people released the highest level of

emissions

into the atmosphere at the beginning but reduced considerably

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9 metric

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until 2007. People living in Sweden emitted approximately 9 metric

tonnes

of

carbon

dioxide

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increase in 10

years

reaching above 10 metric

tonnes

and

then

dramatically decreasing below 6 metric

tonnes

at the end

of

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.

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quite low by Italian and Portuguese

initially

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it has increased steadily over the

years

. The

carbon

dioxide

levels in Sweden started

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4 million

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and rose above 7 million

tonnes

in 30

years

.

Then

, it remained unchanged for

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10

years

.

Similarly

, the

emissions

in Portugal were the least (less than 2 metric

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) as compared to all the countries mentioned but rose rapidly to 5 metric

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in 1997. In subsequent

years

, the emission levelled off in

this

country.