The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European counties from 2011 to 2015.

The bar chart illustrates the separation rates in two different European countries (

Finland

and

Sweden

) between 2001 and 2015. It is measured in percentages.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the percentage of divorce in

Sweden

decreased

while

Finland

increased over the period given. Both figures fluctuated from 2011 to 2015. At the beginning of the period in 2011, the proportion of splitting up rate in

Sweden

was the highest and in 2015, the highest rate was in

Finland

. The percentage of divorce rates in

Sweden

started at around 43% in 2011 and

then

rose slightly to peak at just under 50% in 2012. After 2012,

this

figure declined slowly to 44% in 2014 and dropped quickly to approximately 38% in 2015.

In contrast

, the proportion of breakup rates in

Finland

began at more or less 37% in 2011

then

fluctuated from 2011 to 2013 and

then

rose steadily to almost over 40% in 2014 and remained stable over the

last

year.