The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart compares the percentage of divorces that have taken place in
Finland
and Sweden
during the five years commencing from 2011
Overall
, while
Finland
experienced a
upward trend, that of Change the article
an
Sweden
had a downward pattern despite the fluctuations. Furthermore
,Finland
which had the lowest rate at the beginning,has surpassed Sweden
at the end
.
It is conspicuous that, the rate of Finland
which started at a level of just below 40% in 2011, has reported a dip to just above 30% in the next year. Consequently
, it then
witnessed a gradual increment till 2014 and remained still at its maximum proportion of approximately 40% in the final two years of 2014 and 2015.
Probing ahead, although
about 45% of Sweden
couples were separated in 2011, it had the peak value in the consecutive year,accounted 50%. Similarly
, it depicted a steady decline during the next two couples of years and by the end of 2015 Sweden
had reduced divorce cases by almost 15% from its zenith in 2012Submitted by oriexam6 on
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