The line graph displays average carbon dioxide emissions each person in four different countries produced between 1967 and 2007.
Overall, while per-capita carbon emissions in the UK and Sweden went down over the course of this 40-year period, they went up in Italy and Portugal.
Despite a steady decline from about 11 to 9 metric tonnes, emissions in the UK remained higher than in the other three countries over these 40 years. Sweden’s emissions first rose from roughly 9 metric tonnes in 1967 to its maximum of about 10. 5 metric tonnes in 1977. They then dropped significantly to only around 5. 5 metric tonnes in 2007, making Sweden one of the smallest per-capita emitters of carbon dioxide of the four countries that year.
Average carbon emissions that each person in Italy was responsible for climbed gradually from approximately 4. 5 to almost 8 metric tonnes between 1967 and 2007. In Portugal, each person only produced around 1. 5 metric tonnes of emissions in 1967. This country’s emissions then grew steadily and reached a similar level to Sweden’s by 2007, at about 5. 5 metric tonnes.
The line graph displays average
carbon
dioxide
emissions
each person in four
different
countries
produced between 1967 and 2007.
Overall
, while
per-capita
carbon
emissions
in the UK and Sweden went down over the course of this 40-year period, they went up in Italy and Portugal.
Despite a steady decline from about 11 to 9 metric tonnes,
emissions
in the UK remained higher than in the other three
countries
over these 40 years. Sweden’s
emissions
first
rose from roughly 9 metric tonnes in 1967 to its maximum of about 10. 5 metric tonnes in 1977. They then dropped
significantly
to
only
around 5. 5 metric tonnes in 2007, making Sweden one of the smallest
per-capita
emitters of
carbon
dioxide of the four
countries
that year.
Average
carbon
emissions
that each person in Italy was responsible for climbed
gradually
from approximately 4. 5 to almost 8 metric tonnes between 1967 and 2007. In Portugal, each person
only
produced around 1. 5 metric tonnes of
emissions
in 1967. This
country’s
emissions
then grew
steadily
and reached a similar level to Sweden’s by 2007, at about 5. 5 metric tonnes.