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 graph illustrates the

amount

of CO2 that individuals in four European countries emitted from 1967 to 2007.

Overall

, the United Kingdom and Sweden showed a declining tendency

whereas

Italy and Portugal produced a larger

amount

of CO2 in 2007. The United Kingdom is the country with the largest emission of CO2 and Portugal with the least

througout

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throughout

the whole examined period. Starting from the countries with a larger

amount

of

the

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emission of CO2, Portugal experienced the most dramatic rise from about 1 metric ton to above

5metric

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5 metric

tonnes

in 1997, from which it rose more mildly until 2007 when it reached below 6 metric

tonnes

.

Similarly

, Italy

also

produced a larger

amount

of CO2, from just above 4 metric

tonnes

in 1967 to just below 8 metric

tonnes

in 1997.

Then

the graph for Italy remained unchanged until 2007, standing much higher than Portugal. Turning to the graphs with a downward tendency, the United Kingdom demonstrated a constant drop from below 11 metric

tonnes

to approximately 9 metric

tonnes

for the four decades

although

it still stood at the highest of all. Sweden

also

experienced a more radical decline from 1977 when it reached

the

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peak at over 10 metric

tonnes

to below 6 metric

tonnes

in 2007 in spite of a sharp increase from nearly 9 metric

tonnes

to just above 10 metric

tonnes

in 1977.