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

The graph illustrates the data of a number of shops being shut down and replaced by new businesses in a state between the

years

of

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2011 and 2018.

Overall

, The shop closure rate displayed uniform fluctuations but

then

experienced a sudden drop and within the same

year

it resurged back up, remaining steady for the next couple of

years

.

However

, Openings

initially

showed a downward trend and over the course of

years

kept rising but

then

uniformly decreased.

Firstly

, The closure of shops started

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approximately 6500 in 2011 and

then

faced some ups and downs until the

year

2014. The next

year

it reached its lowest point of almost 500 and got back up to 5000 which it remained steady until 2018. Comparatively, The number of openings showed a significant decrease from the

year

2011 when it dropped down almost 5000 till 2012.

Moreover

, it kept a stable increase until 2014.

Nevertheless

, it faced a decline for some time ending up being steady for the

years

of 2016 and 2017,

While

receding down to 3000 shops in 2018.