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 provided chart offers a comprehensive comparison of the numbers of closed

shops

and new stores in a country during a 7-year period, spanning from 2011 to 2018. It is evident that the

number

of

closures

experienced a significant fluctuation.

Also

, most of the years the

number

of closed

shops

exceeded the

openings

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, which

it

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decreased gradually. The figure

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that at the beginning, the

quantity

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of new

shops

was

surpasing

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surpassing

8000,

while

the share of

closures

was over 6000. In the next year, the share of

openings

dived and reached just below 4000, almost ½ of

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number

.

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this

year,

although

the contribution of

closures

decreased slightly, it exceeded the proportion of

openings

, which reached almost 6000. In the subsequent

years

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the

number

of

openings

had

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ascending trend and in 2014 it was approximately 6000, almost equal to

closures

.

While

the proportion of new

shops

dropped markedly in 2015, the share of closed stores faced a substantial halve and reached below 1000. In

a

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sharp contrast, it suddenly rose that

reached

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5000 and

maintained

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relatively unchanged until 2018.

Additionally

, the proportion of new

shops

was almost stabilized in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and eventually declined to 3000 in 2018.