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

The line graph shows, in thousands, the statistics of shops starting and ending operations between 2011 and 2018 in one country.

Overall

Linking Words

, both opening and closing figures fluctuated over the years, with closures overcoming shop openings most of the time. The

amount

Change the quantifier

number

show examples

of stores starting operation in 2011 was higher than the establishments that were closing, being between 8000 and 9000.

However

Linking Words

, in 2012 there was a dramatic decline in the number of new establishments, so the numbers in that year went down to under 4000. After that, opening shops climbed to 6000 in 2014 but

then

Linking Words

reduced again. From 2015 to 2017 it was close to 4000 before falling down to 3000 in 2018. When looking at the number of shops ceasing operations it is possible to observe a fluctuation between 6000 and 7000 from 2011 to 2014. In 2015, there was a sharp decrease, so closing stores figured less than 1000.

Nevertheless

Linking Words

, the total of closures started to increase once more, reaching 5000 in 2016. From 2016 to 2018, the sum of shopping establishments closing stayed at around 5000.