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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

This

graph compares the

quantity

Change the quantifier

number

show examples

of

openings

and

closures

of shops between 2011 and 2018 in one country.

Overall

we can see that in these 7 years, the figures for

openings

and

closures

have varied depending on the

year

. Normally we can see that there are more

closures

than

openings

,

however

,

this

is not always the case and a good example is the

year

2015. The

closures

go from 3000 to 8500 per

year

and

openings

from 500 to 7100. Between 2012 and 2014

closures

were higher than

openings

and

then

between 2016 and 2018 too, but there is an exception. In 2015 we can see an enormous decrease in

closures

and

openings

too but they stay in their line. The new ones went from 6000 to 4000 but the

closures

went from 6500 to 500 in only one

year

.

Nevertheless

, after that strange

year

, all came back to normality.