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

the graph below show the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.
This
provided line graph illustrates the
count
of
shops
that have been closed and opened from 2011 to 2018, in a period of 8 years.
Overall
, it can be seen that there was a great variation in the
number
of opening and closing
shops
over the given time.
To begin
, in 2011, the
count
of
shops
that opened was above 8000, which was greater than the
number
of closed ones by nearly 2000.
Then
, in 2012, the
number
of opened
shops
experienced a sharp decline to one-half, so; it became about 4000. After that, there was a fluctuation between an increase and a decrease in the
count
of opened
shops
from 2012 to 2015, and
then
; it remained constant from 2015 to 2016, at about 4000. Regarding the
number
of shop closures, in 2012,
although
there was a slight reduction in their numbers, they were higher than the total of opened ones.
However
, the
number
of opened and closed
shops
was approximately equal, in 2015, the
count
of closed
shops
dropped dramatically to less than 1000, but the
count
of opened
shops
stopped, at 4000, in 2016.
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