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

The line graph illustrates how many shops closed and opened from 2011 to 2018 in one country.

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, the number of both of these shops witnessed a downward trend over the period given,

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the rate of closures decreased dramatically in the middle of the 7 years. In 2011, openings started their score with the highest number of the graph , about 8500 and declined sharply to 4000 in a year.

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figure steadily increased by one and a half times until 2014

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decreased again to 4000 in 2015. The proportion of openings remained nearly unchanged in the following years, falling to 3000

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of the year. The figure of closures fluctuated from 2011 to 2014, remaining steady at approximately 6500.

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, the lowest point of the graph occurred at shops that closed in 2015, at around 500, and

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to nearly 5000 in 2016. Since

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, the rate of shop closures has not changed in 2018