The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal berween 1967 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart illustrates the average carbon dioxide (CO2) release per capita in four European countries over a period of four decades (1967–2007).

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, it is clearly observable that UK residents produced the largest amount of CO2 over the entire period,

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people who were living in Portugal produced the least amount of

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gas. In 1967, the figure for CO2 emissions by UK residents was nearly 11 metric

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these figures for Portuguese and Italian were lower at approximately 1.5 metric

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and just over 4 metric

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, respectively. From

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year until 2007, the CO2 emissions by

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saw a moderate decrease of 2 metric

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, the amount of CO2 that was generated by Italian and Portuguese people grew to well under 8 and 6 metric

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, respectively.

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, the average emissions by individuals who had been living in Sweden experienced a pivotal point, transitioning from an uptrend to a downtrend in 1977. From 1967 to 1977,

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figure rose from nearly 9 to just over 10 metric

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, after which, until 2007, it fell markedly by around 4.5 metric

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