The graph below shows average carbon dioxide emissions per person in United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007
The line graph provides information on the average carbon dioxide
emissions
per person in 4 European countries: the UK, Sweden
, Italy, and Portugal over a 40-year period from 1967 to 2007.
In general, the amount of CO2 emissions
fell in the UK and Sweden
, whereas
the numbers rose in Italy and Portugal over this
period.
With regard to the downward trend, British people were responsible for approximately 11 metric tons
of emissions
in 1977 and this
number fell gradually to almost 9 metric tons
by 2007. Additionally
, in Sweden
, it started with almost 8 metric tons
of carbon emissions
at the beginning and then
peaked at roughly 11 metric tons
in 1977. This
trend went down marginally to 6 metric tons
at the end
of the period.
In terms of increase, both Italian and Portuguese people were starting to increase the amount of CO2 emissions
. In Italy, emissions
of carbon dioxide were nearly 4 metric tons
at the beginning, and it rose to 8 metric tons
by 2007. Meanwhile, in Portugal, emissions
were under 2 metric tons
in 1967 and it reached 6 metric tons
by 2007, similar to Sweden
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