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 graph represents the

number

of closing shop

number

and the of new shop

openings

in one country between 2011 and 2018.

Overall

, the

number

of closing shops was higher than new shops opening in 2018. The trend of

closures

has been decreasing gradually. The economy of

this

country is healthy, referring to the small

number

of

closures

in 2015. From 2011 to 2013, the

number

of

closures

started at 6,500 and went up to 7,000.

By contrast

, the

number

of

openings

started at a huge

number

, accounting for 8,500.

Then

, it decreased dramatically to 4,000 in 2012 and rose to 5,000 in 2013. Surprisingly, the

number

of

closures

slightly declined to 6,500 in 2014, but that opening went up continuously to 6,000. Interestingly, the

number

of

closures

went down extremely, plunging from 6,500 to 500 in 2015. That

number

of

openings

decreased as well, accounting for 4,000 in 2015.

Then

, the

number

of

closures

rose dramatically to 5,000 in 2016, and it remains stable until 2018. The

number

of

openings

also

remains the same, accounting for 4,000, until 2017. It decreased slightly to 3,000 in 2018.