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 provides information about the changes in

divorce

rates within a five-year period (2011-2015) for two European nations.

Overall

,

Sweden

saw a decreasing tendency,

while

Finland

followed the opposite tendency within the given time frame. Both countries’

divorce

rates had fluctuations.

Although

Finland

initially

had a lower

rate

, it outraced

Sweden

at the end

of the period. As far as

Sweden

is concerned, its

divorce

rate

was about 45% in 2011, being higher than

Finland

’s

rate

by approximately 8%.

Then

, it rose to almost fifty

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in 2012.

However

, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% in 2013 and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a low point of about 37% in 2015. When it comes to

Finland

, the percentage of divorces was 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012 when about one-third of marriages in

Finland

ended with a

divorce

(as opposed to almost half in

Sweden

).

However

, the figure experienced

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steady growth during the next two years. It went up to approximately 39% in 2013,

then

increased by around 3% in 2014, and remained steady for the next year, outracing the

rate

of

Sweden