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

The line diagram illustrates the movement of outlets closure and outlet openings in a particular country from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, both figures showed a fluctuating change over the shown period.

Whereas

the sum of store closures experienced an upward trend at the finish point, the store opening numbers saw the opposite direction.

According to

the given data, both figures experienced varied changes throughout the year from 2011 to 2018. In 2011, the figure of shops that closed started at around 8500, which was lower than the number of shops that opened by approximately 2500. After that, during the next two years, the direction was inverted with the total of outlets that opened plunged to hit a low of 4000, which is smaller by 2000 than the sum of stores closing in the same year.

However

, in 2015, the number of shops closure reached a low of half 1000 before it increased steadily over the next period, ending up at just over 5000 in 2018.

On the other hand

, between 2016 and 2018,

while

the stores' closure quantity witnessed a downward move, the sum of stores that opened decreased steadily.