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, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the total

number

of

shops

that have been closed and opened from 2011 to 2018.

Overall

,

although

there is not an extreme shift in the

number

of

shops

that stopped operating, newly opened

shops

experienced a significant drop during 7 years. In detail, in 2011, 8500 new

shops

started to operate. Afterwards, the figure dramatically decreased to 4000 in 2012 which was followed by an upward trend till 2014. In 2015, the

number

of launched

shops

was the same with 2012 which was 1.5 times more than in 2014. During the next 2 years, the figure maintained its stability and dropped to 3000

at the end

of the period.

On the other hand

, approximately 6500

shops

stopped functioning in 2011. For the next three years, some fluctuations are observed trailed by a dramatic decrease in 2015 when only around 750

shops

were closed. In 2016,

this

number

rapidly increased by hitting 5000 in 2016 and sustained its constancy until 2018.