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 relevant.

The graph compares the average carbon dioxide (CO2)

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per person in the United Kingdom (

UK

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),

Sweden

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, Italy, and Portugal from 1967 to 2007. In the

UK

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and

Sweden

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, the amount gradually decreases each year,

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it increases for the other two countries. One thing

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the same is that the

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in the

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are

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have

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always

the

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been the

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highest since 1967 until 2007. In Italy and Portugal, the CO2

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are both increasing, settling

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approximately 5 metric tonnes in Portugal and 7.5 metric tonnes in Italy in 2007. But for the

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10 years (from 1997 to 2007), the trend was quite stable in both countries. Portugal has maintained its position as

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lowest CO2

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throughout the

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study.

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to that, both the

UK

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and

Sweden

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generally showed decreasing CO2

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from time to time. Except for

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as in 10 years after its peak in 1977, the

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dropped drastically, until it went the same amount as Portugal, becoming the least

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of all four countries.