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 line graph illustrates detailed information about the proportion of markets which were closed and the shops which opened

instead

of old ones in a particular country in the years

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2011 and 2018.

Overall

,what stands out from the graph is that both

closures

and

openings

fluctuated over the given

period

.The amount of

openings

accounted for the highest rate at the beginning of the

period

covered.Another notable point is that the proportion of

closures

was lowest in 2011,

however

,it increased

at the end

of the

period

. Looking at the details,in 2015,the number of

closures

accounted for around 6500.

Likewise

,these numbers rose dramatically until 2014.

Furthermore

,it declined significantly to about 1500 in 2015.In the next year,the number of

closures

rocketed up to roughly 5100 and it fluctuated until the end of the

period

.

Finally

,

this

data accounted for

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5000 in 2018.

Conversely

,the proportion of shops that opened was high at the beginning at around 8500.

However

,

this

data plummeted to around 4000 in 2012.After these decreases,

openings

increased and in 2014,

this

figure was similar with

closures

at roughly 6000.Another interesting point is that it plunged to 4000 and it only dramatically rose until 2017.The number of

openings

was similar in the years of 2015,2016 and 2017.

Furthermore

,

this

data

also

slightly declined to 3000 in 2018.