equal?
1) On average, each Italian and each Swede produced the same amounts of carbon dioxide in 2007.
2) On average, each Italian and each Swede produced carbon dioxide in equal amounts in 2007.
Are they both grammatically correct and do they mean the same thing?

3) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were the same in 2007.
4) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were equal in 2007.
5) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were similar in 2007.
Are 3)-5) grammatically correct?

Question

equal?
1) On average, each Italian and each Swede produced the same amounts of carbon dioxide in 2007.
2) On average, each Italian and each Swede produced carbon dioxide in equal amounts in 2007.
Are they both grammatically correct and do they mean the same thing?

3) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were the same in 2007. 
4) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were equal in 2007. 
5) Averge carbon dioxide emissions per person in Italy and Sweden were similar in 2007. 
Are 3)-5) grammatically correct?

Answer

yes but it is more natural like this.

the average carbon footprint left by Italian and Swedes in 2007 was identical.
"carbo footprint" is the technical term that would likely be used in any official reports etc/

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