The graph below shows the number ofshops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided line graph illustrates the

number

of

shops

that were opened and closed in a country between 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of closed

shops

was higher than that of new

shops

in many years.

Besides

, the highest openings were in 2011 and they declined with some fluctuations.

Similarly

, the

number

of closed stores fluctuated during the period, but reduced over time,

while

seeing a significant drop in 2015. In terms of new shopping stores,it was at the peak of around 8500 new openings in 2011 and went down to 4000 by the next

year

.

However

, it recovered back in the next two years with a steady increment and reached 6000 in 2014, which is almost similar to the same

number

of closed

shops

in that

year

.

Then

, it experienced another drop and reached 4000 in 2015 and remained at the same figure for the next two years,

then

declined to the lowest of 3000 new

shops

in 2018.

On the other hand

, just around 6200

shops

were closed in 2011 and it decreased to 6000 in the next

year

,

then

rose back to its peak of 7000 in 2013.

Furthermore

, it continued its decrement and reached a low of approximately 500 in 2015.

Nevertheless

, it suddenly grew back to 5000 in the following

year

and maintained almost similar numbers by 2018.