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

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

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,

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saw a decreasing tendency,

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

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rates had fluctuations.

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initially

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had a lower

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, it outraced

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at the end

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of the period. As far as

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is concerned, its

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rate

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was about 45% in 2011, being higher than

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’s

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by approximately 8%.

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, it rose to almost fifty

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in 2012.

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, 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

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

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ended with a

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(as opposed to almost half in

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).

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, the figure experienced

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

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

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of

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