The chart shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops opening in a country from 2011 to 2018.

The graph illustrates the

number

of

shops

that it had closed down and opened from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, it had a downward trend in the

number

of closed and open

stores

. As can be seen in the graph given,

it is clear that

in 2011, the proportion of opened

shops

was very high about 8,500

shops

. In the next year, there was a significant decrease in 4,000

shops

.

Next,

from 2012 to 2014,

this

quantity had increased again and

this

was an upward trend with 4,000

shops

in 2011 to 6,100

shops

in 2014. After that, it tended to decline again from 6,100

stores

in 2014 to 4,000

stores

in 2015.

This

number

was steady in 2016 and

then

, it had a mild rise at 4,100 outlets in 2017.

Finally

, it continued to decrease in 2018 by about 3,000

shops

.

On the other hand

, the

number

of closed

shops

also

had a fluctuation.

Firstly

, it had a slight drop from 6,300

shops

in 2011 to 6,000

shops

in 2012.

Besides

that, from 2012 to 2014, it did not have a stable. It had increased in 2013 to about 7,100

stores

but in the next year, it’s just about 6,500

shops

. In 2015, it had a significant fall from 6,500

shops

to 500

shops

.

Then

it had a quick increase immediately about 5,100 outlets in 2016. Between 2016 and 2018, it stayed constant and did not have many changes.