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

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
The line graph illustrates the quantities of average carbon dioxide emissions per person in the UK, Sweden, Italy and Portugal in four different years with the ten years interval, starting from 1967. The figures are given in metric
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According to
the graph, it can be seen that Sweden, Italy and Portugal gradually increased in the beginning of the
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whereas
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Kingdom. Apparently, in Italy and Portugal, the number of carbon dioxide emissions steadily increased from 5 and just under 2 metric
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to well under 8 and about 5 metric
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, respectively. Even
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, the growth slowed over the
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In addition
, there was a fluctuation between 1977 and 1997 in Italy before
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the same level at approximately 7 metric
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. The UK was the highest in 1967 at well over 10 metric
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On the contrary
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rise had significantly fallen down to nearly 8 metric
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. There was a noticeable increase in Sweden between the first two years, reaching the peak at around 11 metric
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in 1977. After peaking in the following year, it noticeably reduced to roughly 5 metric
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the end of the given period.
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