The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shop that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.

The line graph displays the

number

of shop closings and openings in a single country between the years 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of shops that closed and the

number

that opened both saw a large fluctuation during the given period.

However

, closing outstripped opening in all years except in 2011 and 2015. The

number

of shops that closed fluctuated between approximately 6000 and 7000 during the first four years of the period, after which it decreased considerably to its lowest point, below 1000, in 2015.

However

,

this

number

increased significantly to around 6000 the following year and stayed at

this

level for the rest of the period. In 2011, around 8500 shops opened, which resulted in about 2000 net openings. After a steep drop down to under 6000 in 2012, openings made a rebound, reaching nearly the same level as closing in 2014 at just over 6000.

This

figure

then

dropped again to its 2012 level in 2015 where it remained until it decreased

further

to an all-time low at 3000 in 2018.