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 illustrates the number of

shop

closures

and

openings

in a particular country in the period between 2011 and 2018. In 2011, approximately 6400

shops

have been closed

while

approximately 8500 new

shops

have opened. The trend of

shop

openings

has gone down to 4000 by 2012

whereas

,

shop

closures

have gone down by approximately 5000. Both trends have gone up in 2013 with about 7100

shop

closures

and 5000 new

shops

.

According to

the graph, by 2014 number of

shops

that closed and opened had grown nearly equal with 6500

shop

closures

and 6400

shop

openings

. In 2015, a significant reduction

of

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the number

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of

shops

that closed can be seen with only 600

shops

. In that same year, 4000 new

shops

opened. The trend of

shop

openings

can be seen as approximately constant over the next couple of years until 2017 with 4000 to 4100

shops

.

On the contrary

,

shop

closures

have gone up to 5100 in 2016 and remained constant until 2018. In 2018, only 3000 new

shops

have been opened.

Overall

shop

closures

have been revolving around between 5000 to 7100 with an exception in 2015

whereas

,

shop

openings

have shown a huge variety in numbers over the 8 years.