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 demonstrates the percentage of divorce rates in
Sweden
and Finland
during the year 2011 to 2015. Units are measured in percentage.
Overall
, Swedish couples surpassed Finland
in the number of divorcees throughout the given period. Significantly, after the first two years, the rate of divorce gradually decreased in Sweden
, whereas
it increased in Finland
.
According to
the graph, the number of divorced people in Sweden
were
45% in 2011 which peaked at 49% in 2012, before falling to less than 40% in 2015. In 2012, there was a remarkable difference in the divorce rate of Change the verb form
was
Sweden
and Finland
by 15%. Moreover
, the rate of annulment was declining in Sweden
compared to Finland
.
In contrast
, Finland
had 38% divorcees in 2011, slightly dipping to 32% in 2012. Furthermore
, the figure moderately climbed to just over 40% in 2015. In 2014 and 2015, the number of legally separated couples in Finland
was just above 40%.Submitted by drnivyamohan1992 on
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