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

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the percentage

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of divorces over a five-year

period

between 2011 and 2015 in

Finland

and

Sweden

.

Overall

,

Sweden

experienced a downward trend,

while

Finland

showed an upward trend throughout

period

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. Both countries' divorce rates had

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fluctuations

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Although

Finland

initially

had a lower

rate

, it outraced

Sweden

at the end

of the

period

.

Sweden

’s 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

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and continued to decline steadily to the end of the

period

, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a

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of about 37% in 2015.

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The percentage

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of divorces in

Finland

was less than 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012, when about

one third

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one-third

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of marriages in

Finland

ended with a divorce (as opposed to almost

a

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half in

Sweden

).

However

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

then

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

rate

of

Sweden

.