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 illustrated bar chart depicts the

divorce

rate

comparison in between two European

counrties

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countries

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between 2011 and 2015.

Overall

, both countries show opposite trends where

Sweden

shows a downward trend,

Finland

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and Finland

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shows an upward trend over the years. It is observed

Sweden

managed to reduce its

divorce

rate

by over 10% ,

while

Finland's

divorce

rate

rose by almost 10%.

To begin

with,

Finland

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divorce

rate

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started at well below 40% in 2011 which took a dive

further

down in the next year reaching

at

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just over 30%.

However

, in the later

years

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a consistent rise

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observed reaching marginally above 40% in 2014 and

remained

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stable in 2015.

On the other hand

,

Sweden

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Sweden's

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divorce

rate

was stated well over 40% in 2011 which rose to a record high near 50% in the following year,

although

Sweden

managed to reduce the

divorce

rate

steadily in the later years reaching down

to

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below 40% in 2015.