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 shows the

number

of shop closers and openings in a given country. The chart records data from 2011 to 2018; both categories experience a dramatic decrease in different years. In 2011, the

number

of new open

shops

recorded the highest

score

of 8,500, which is 2,000 higher than the

number

of closer

shops

in the same

year

.

However

, the

number

of

shops

opening dropped sharply in the following

year

, almost half the

last

year

's

number

. After that, through 2014, the

number

of opening

shops

increased steadily to 6,100 and downward. In the

last

year

of analysis, the

score

ended with 3,000, the lowest

score

.

On the other hand

, in terms of the

number

of closings, started at 6,500 and remained stable until 2014, but in 2015, the

score

bottomed out with the lowest

score

in the research period, 500. After that experience, the figure turned to plateau till the final

year

of research;

at the end

of the

year

, the

score

is 5,100, which is higher than the

number

of openings in the same period.