The graph below shows average carbon dioxide 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.

The line graph showcases how much an average resident in four various European countries accounted for the emissions of carbon dioxide between 1967 and 2007.

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throughout the four decades, Italy and Portugal demonstrated an upward tendency,

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others showed a reversed trend with some fluctuations shown by Sweden.

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the data, at the beginning of the period, Britons contributed the largest amount of carbonic acid gas with approximately 11 metric

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per person, which is roughly ten times as high as Portugal.

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there was a steady fall experienced by the UK, it finished at just over 8.

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, the rates for one Portuguese went up steadily to 3 in 1987,

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there was a period of stability once it reached almost five

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per meter.

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, emissions per Italian witnessed

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growth and a flat for 10 years after 1997,

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Swish numbers demonstrated a considerable decrease after hitting a peak of around 10 metric

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in 1977. In the end, the figures were the same for both nations with just under 6

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per meter per person.