The table graph compares how much garbage produced across distinct nations over the period of 20 years, starting from 1980.
Overall, it is evident that the US was at the forefront of the amount of waste produced over the period shown, while Ireland was the lowest. Additionally, there is an upward trend of garbage production in most countries, except for Korea where can be observed a reversal pattern.
This analysis will begin with nations exhibiting an increase in waste production. initially, the US and Japan made up for the larger figure at 131 and 28 million respectively in 1980, and maintained a consistent rise over 20 years after ending up at 192 and 53 million in 2000. Simultaneously, Portugal and Poland showcased the similar trend with the remarkably lower statistics at 2 and 4 million, then they exponentially soared up to 5 and 6,6 million correspondingly in the end. Eventually, the amount of garbage produced in Ireland was significantly lower at just 0,6 million prior to surprisingly rising to 5 million in 2000 which was equal to the ending point of Portugal.
Regarding Korea exhibiting the downward trend, waste began to appear in this nation in 1990 and sharply reduced to just 19 million in 2000.