The graph below shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

The provided line graph illustrates the number of store closures and openings in a nation over eight years from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

, it can be seen that

while

more businesses started in the first

year

in comparison to those terminated,

this

reversed in the

last

year

registering a higher amount of businesses leaving the marketplace compared to shops opening.

Furthermore

, both trends registered substantial fluctuations during the given period and

also

ended lower when compared to the first

year

.

Firstly

, the number of freshly opened stores started the period at about 8600 before facing a dramatic decline to about 4000 in 2012. Afterwards, the figure experienced two consecutive rises and reached around 6000 in 2014 before witnessing a falling trajectory that ended at 3000 in the

last

year

.

Secondly

, the figure for the closures began at 6500 and after three fluctuations hit

this

number again in 2014.

Moreover

, it witnessed a dramatic fall to just about 500 in 2015 before surging to above 6000 in 2016. From

this

point, it remained approximately steady until the end of the recorded period.