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

The given graph represents the

number

of

stores

that closed and were recently established in one country, from 2011 to 2018. As a whole, the

number

of

openings

reached a peak in 2011, and gradually, it decreased in 2018.

On the contrary

, the amounts of closures reached a higher place than

openings

in 2018, with more than 6000 shops.

In addition

, both categories had fluctuating trends.

According to

the data, there were more than 8000

openings

in 2011 which fell sharply to 4000 in the next year. Again,

this

number

rose steadily through the years and reached almost 6000

stores

in 2014.

Then

,

this

cluster dropped and reached an equal amount in 2012. During the next couple of years, the trend was steady.

Finally

, in 2018, it had another low with only 3000

openings

. Moving on to another group, the

number

of closures was around 6000 and rose slightly till 2013. Surprisingly, there was a huge drop in 2015, and reached its lowest point with only 500 closed

stores

.

Nevertheless

, it rose dramatically in 2016 and reached 5000

stores

and stayed steady during the rest.