The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
The given diagram illustrates the average
amount
of CO2 emissions
per individual in four particular countries between 1967 and 2007.
Overall
, Italian and Portuguese seemed to produce more carbon dioxide emissions
whereas
people in the UK and Sweden managed to reduce them over the course of 40 years.
It can be observed that during 1967, the United Kingdom ranked first as it had the highest amount
of carbon dioxide emissions
at roughly 11 metric tonnes
per person. In contrast
, Portugal produced the lowest amount
at merely just above 1.5 metric tonnes
. Ten years later, there was a surge in the figures as it went up from just below 9 to over 10 metric tonnes
in Sweden. In addition
, the same pattern was seen in Italy (from approximately 4 to over 6 metric tonnes
) and Portugal (above 2 metric tonnes
).
The UK followed a downward trend since 1967 and by 2007, it hit a low of under 9 metric tonnes
of CO2 emissions
. Furthermore
, there was a plunge in the amount
of emissions
by Swedish between 1977 and 1987 as it significantly declined from roughly 10.5 to about 7 metric tonnes
, and gradually fell to below 6 metric tonnes
in 2007. Both Italy and Portugal seemed to follow an upward trend as the figures continually grew. Italia reached the highest point of just below 8 metric tonnes
and remained stable in 2007. Along with
that, the average amount
of emission in Portugal rocketed to 5.5 metric tonnes
in the final mentioned year.Submitted by Phạm Hải Anh on
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