The graph below shows the number of shops 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 given graph gives information about the

number

of

shops

that closed and the

number

of

shops

that opened in one country from the year 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of shop closures and openings both witnessed a downward trend. The

number

of

shops

closed was generally greater than the

number

of

shops

opened. The

number

of shop closures dropped from around 6,500 in 2011 to a little over 5,000 in 2018. The

number

of

shops

closed decreased a little from 2011 to 2012 and rose to over 7,000 in 2013. It

then

declined a little again in 2014. After that, the

number

of

shops

closed plummeted to below 1,000 in 2015 and it rose again to a little over 5,000 in 2016. The

number

fluctuated slightly in the remaining two years of the period. The

number

of shop openings dropped from about 8,500 in 2011 to 3,000 in 2018. The

number

of

shops

opened decreased dramatically from 2011 to 2012,

then

rose again in the next two years to a little over 6,000. It

then

reduced again to about 4000 in the year

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2015. The

number

remained unchanged in 2016 and it increased a little bit in 2017 and

then

declined to 3,000 in 2018.