You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) 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 relevants.

The line graph illustrates the trends of average carbon dioxide emission per person in four different countries: the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal,

since

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from

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the year 1967 to 2007.

Overall

, between 1967 and 2007

emissions

experienced a gradual

growth

in Portugal and Italy. In Portugal started at the lowest, approximately 1,8 tonnes and reached its first peak in 1977 at just over 2. Over the following decade,

however

, it saw a period of fluctuation, first increasing to 5 in 1997, and

then

remaining stable at around 5 in 2007. Despite

this

, in Sweden, the emission levelled off in 1977 and has not shown any significant

further

growth

since

then

. With regard to the

growth

rate of Italy, the graph reveals that

this

increased between 1977 and 2007.

Nevertheless

, in the United Kingdom, the situation changed in 1977, which marked a sudden drop from 11 tonnes to 9. In the United Kingdom

emissions

have been decreasing steadily. In summary, the line graph indicates that

although

two in all four countries CO2

emissions

have had general

growth

over the past few decades. In spite of

this

, the other two countries'

emissions

have a declining trend.