The given bar chart illustrate the proportions of divorce in two European countries (Finland, Sweden) from 2011 to 2015. These values are measured in percentages.

The bar chart outlines information on the proportion of divorces in

Finland

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and Sweden from 2011 to 2015. The vertical axis displays the percentage of divorces, and the horizontal axis shows the number of years.

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the data, it is pretty clear that Sweden has a higher rate of marriage dissolution compared to

Finland

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, except for the

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2015. The graph provides information that nearly 43% of the population lived separately in 2011. The highest separation rate was witnessed in 2012, with 49% of marriages ending in dissolution. The figure gradually declines to 46% in 2013, 45% in 2014, and to a record low of 35% in 2015. Turning the information on

Finland

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, the graph is a lot more consistent with divorce rates not exceeding more than 45% across those years. It was at 37% in the

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2011. The

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2012 saw the lowest number of separations, with divorce rates at 33%. The ratio slowly rose from 2012 onwards. 39% in 2013, an increase of 2% in the

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2014 to 41%.

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,

Finland

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overtook Sweden in the dissolution rates in 2015, with 42% of marriages breaking up.