The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
The line graph provides information about the
amount
of CO2 which each person emits in four different nations over a period of 40 years.
Overall
, the amount
of CO2 emissions
in the UK and Sweden follows a downward trend. However
, the figure for average carbon dioxide emissions
in Italy and Portugal has risen over the entire period.
To begin
with, the figure for CO2 emissions
per person in Italy and Portugal is near 4 and 1 metric tonnes
respectively in 1967. Whereas
, they both followed an increasing trend and reached almost 5 and 8 metric tonnes
respectively at the end
of the period.
In addition
, the amount
of carbon dioxide emissions
which was produced by British people was 11 metric tonnes
in 1967, nonetheless
, it saw a gradual decline and stood at 9 metric tonnes
in 2007. Furthermore
, there was a rapid rise from 9 to just over 10 metric tonnes
in the amount
of Swedish people’s carbon dioxide production from 1967 to 1977. After which, it saw a significant decline of 5 metric tonnes
in the subsequent 30 years.Submitted by amirahmadi9301 on
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