The graph below shows average carbon dioxide emissions per person in United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007

The line chart gives information about the average carbon dioxide emissions in metric

tonnes

per individual in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal in five decades between 1967 and 2007. It is important to note that Sweden which stood just above 8

tonnes

in 1967 fell and came from all three countries in 2007. In 1967, the UK stood well under 12

tonnes

which was the highest among them. and

then

faced a dramatic decline to approximately 9

tonnes

in 2007

while

Sweden sharply grew in 1977 and stood just above 10

tonnes

and

then

sharply decreased even more than Italy and Portugal and stood well under 4

tonnes

which was the lowest.

On the other hand

, Portugal and Italy which had approximately 2

tonnes

of gape had similar movements both of them increased slightly and from 1997 remained respectively 8

tonnes

and just under 6

tonnes

.

Moreover

, Portugal's movement was a little sharper than Italy's.

As a result

, their gap became closer in 2007.