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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates average carbon dioxide (CO2)

emissions

per person in four nations (the

UK

, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal) which were emitted over 40 years from 1967 to 2007. Units are measured in metric

tonnes

.

Overall

, the CO2

emissions

in the

UK

and Sweden went down,

while

in Italy and Portugal, they went up.

Moreover

, the

UK

had the highest CO2

emissions

over the given period. With regard to the amount of carbon dioxide in the

UK

, it began at around 11 metric

tonnes

and

then

gradually decreased to 9 metric

tonnes

in 2007. In the case of Sweden, it began at around 9 metric

tonnes

and

then

peaked at around 11 metric

tonnes

in 1977 before going down dramatically to about 5 metric

tonnes

in the

last

year.

On the other hand

, the amount of carbon dioxide in Italy began at around 4 metric

tonnes

and

then

there was an upward trend to 8 metric

tonnes

in 2007.

Likewise

, in Portugal, its CO2

emissions

started at approximately 1 metric tonne l in the first after which it went up slowly to around 3 metric

tonnes

in 1987 and

then

quickly rose to nearly 6 metric

tonnes

in 2007.