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 illustrates the percentage of
divorce
in Finland
and Sweden from 2011 to 2015. Overall
, divorce
rates
were higher in Sweden than those in Finland
most of the time. Nevertheless
, at the end
of the given period, those rates
were higher in Finland
.
In 2011, the percentage of divorce
in Finland
was at 38%. Subsequently
, the divorce
rate in Finland
dropped to almost 30%, before rising up again to nearly 40% in 2013. These rates
gradually increased and remained relatively constant at 41% by the end of the period.
Furthermore
, the divorce
rate in Sweden started at approximately 45% in 2011 and increased significantly in 2012 to reach its peak at around 50%. However
, these rates
later experienced a constant drop from 46% in 2013 to 42% in 2014, before reaching the rate of 38% at the end
of the period, which was 3% below those in Finland
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