The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart provides information about the percentages of divorces in

Finland

and

Sweden

between 2011 and 2015.

Overall

,

Sweden

experienced a downward trend,

while

Finland

showed an upward trend throughout the period. Both countries’ divorce rates had some fluctuations.

Although

Finland

initially

had a lower

rate

, it outraced

Sweden

at the end

of the period.

Sweden

’s divorce

rate

was about 45% in 2011,

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higher than

Finland

’s

rate

by approximately 8%.

Then

, it rose to almost fifty

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in 2012.

However

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and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a

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of about 37% in 2015.

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of divorces in

Finland

was less than 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012

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third

of marriages in

Finland

ended with a divorce (as opposed to almost

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half in

Sweden

).

However

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steady growth during the

next

two years. It rose to approximately 39% in 2013,

then

increased by around 3% in 2014, and remained steady for the

next

year, outracing the

rate

of

Sweden

.