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 line graph is an illustration of the

number

of shop

closings

and openings in a single country over a 7-year period between 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of

shops

that opened and the

number

that closed saw a huge fluctuation throughout the whole year.

In addition

, the

number

of closures

shops

went down significantly in the middle of the period. In terms of the

number

of

closings

, which stood at over 6000 in 2011,

then

followed by a slight change until 2013, the

number

of closing

shops

reached a peak of 7000 in 2013.

Moreover

, it dropped to the lowest rate of them and increased dramatically from about 5000 which stood remained the same from 2016 to 2018. The

number

of openings began at a higher level rather than that of closure

shops

, amounting to nearly 9000. In 2012, there was a plunge in the

number

of

closings

. People closed their

shops

about 6000, which went almost the same as the

number

of

closings

. After a fluctuation in the

number

of closures, there was a decline which changed from 4000 in 2017 to 3000 in 2018.