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)

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per person in four nations (the

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

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.

Overall

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, the CO2

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in the

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and Sweden went down,

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in Italy and Portugal, they went up.

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, the

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had the highest CO2

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

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, it began at around 11 metric

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and

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gradually decreased to 9 metric

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

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and

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peaked at around 11 metric

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in 1977 before going down dramatically to about 5 metric

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in the

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year.

On the other hand

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

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and

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there was an upward trend to 8 metric

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in 2007.

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, in Portugal, its CO2

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

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in 1987 and

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quickly rose to nearly 6 metric

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in 2007.