The graph below shows how serious people in four countries considered some environmental problems between 2000 and 2010.
The line graph provides information regarding seriousness of four various environmental issues in average countries such as China, India, Germany and USA somewhere between 2000 and 2010. Overall, air pollution had the most concerning issue considerably over the period, followed by shortages of fresh water that had a notable increase after 2006. Apparently, climate change had a massive increase while at the same time that had appeared in the same year as shortages of fresh water in 2003. While automobile emissions seems to be steady throughout the year.
In 2000, air pollution was leading by far the most concerning, with 65% of the population rating it as ‘very serious.’ This issue had peaked at 68% in 2006 but rapidly goes down by 60% in 2010. The population were less worried about climate change that had the least concerning issue in 2000 at 50%. After a slight drop to around 48% in 2003, while also peaked a massive increase at 62% in 2009 before a sharp fall at 55% in 2010.
Previously, automobile emmisions happened to be steady throughout the period, it began at 59% in 2000 and falling to below 50% in 2010, making it the least concern that people had not to worry that much. The graph data for water shortages was still unknown before 2003, at that time it was at 68%, and then dropped to 60% in 2006 before making a sharp rise in 2009 with 70%, making this issue the highest problem at the end of the year.