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.

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.
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The graph illustrates the mean carbon dioxide
emissions
per individual in four countries, namely the UK,
Sweden
, Portugal and Italy from 1967 to 2007, a 40-year period. In detail, 1967 witnessed an average of about 11 metric
tonnes
of CO2
emissions
per person in the UK, which was the highest ever compared to the other countries at any given point. Followed by gradual declines until 2007, which was accounted for almost 9 metric
tonnes
of CO2
emissions
per capita.
Sweden
,
on the other hand
, started at an average of 8.5 metric
tonnes
in 1967.
Then
, it rose sharply by the end of the first
decade
exceeding 10 metric
tonnes
for each Swedish.
Furthermore
, Portugal started with subtle
emissions
at only 1 metric tonne individually in 1967.
However
, the numbers soared dramatically to the end of 1997 at 5 metric
tonnes
, which is 5-fold surprisingly. In the
last
decade
, they managed to level off their numbers to intersect with
Sweden
at 5.25 metric
tonnes
CO2
emissions
for each person, supposedly the least possible average in 2007.
While
Italy showed substantial increases in CO2
emissions
from about 4.5 to 6.2 metric
tonnes
in the first
decade
, they controlled the pace through the remaining period and coincided with
Sweden
's averages in the middle of the third
decade
, at almost 6.8 CO2 metric
tonnes
,
as well as
finished at around 7.5 metric
tonnes
CO2
emissions
per person.
Overall
,
while
the highest
emissions
throughout the period were in the UK, the lowest
emissions
were in Portugal.
Besides
,
Sweden
saw a fluctuation but finished with the least
emissions
as well.
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