The diagram illustrates the number of shops in the situation of close and open in one country from 2011 to 2018.

The line graph illustrates the amount of closings and

openings

of shops during a

7 years

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period starting in 2011.

Overall

, the

number

of

openings

experienced a

noticable

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noticeable

decrease

while

this

number

witnessed a little decline after a large fluctuation. At the beginning, the

number

of

closures

was the highest

while

it placed at the lowest

at the end

. In 2011, over 8000 shops opened following which the numbers plummeted and reached 4000 in 2012

while

the

closures

experienced a regular decrease from 6500 and at that year stood at 6000. After 2012, both numbers rose sharply and reached the same point at 6500

while

, after that both plummeted and the rate of

closures

and

openings

reached 1000 and 4000 respectively. After 2015, a large surge for

closuring

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closing

the shops was started and it stood at 5200 in 2016 when the rate of opening was not changed and remained steady at the same time. since 2016, the

number

of

closures

decreased gradually.

In contrast

, the

amount

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number

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of

openings

witnessed an increase and they reached 4100 and 5000 respectively.