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

The line graph displays the number of

shops

that shut down in comparison with newly opened businesses in one country between 2011-2018. The two lines showcase the total amounts of

closures

and

openings

in absolute numbers in correlation with time, here 7 years. Largely, there has been an

overall

downward trend in both graphs with a significant dip

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closed

shops

in 2015. Unfortunately, after that numbers rose again and in 2018 more

shops

closed than new ones opened. In 2011 about 6500 businesses had to foreclose.

This

is counteracted by the highest number of 8500 new

shops

emerging that year. Both saw a downward trend, after that with new ones showing a steeper decline. They rose quite sharply between 2012 and 2013 with

closures

peaking in 2013 and

openings

rising till 2014. Yet again both trends have parallel declines. As mentioned,

closures

plummeted in 2015 to a low of 500,

whereas

openings

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lowest point was an absolute of 4000.

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soared again in 2016 with 5100 and stayed steady

thereafter

.

Openings

levelled earlier and had a marked decrease to 3000 in 2018. Businesses opened and closed more or less in a parallel format.

However

, the distinct drop in

closures

in 2015 is a noteworthy point in time.

Overall

, the reverse happened during a

seven year

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period: more

shops

were forced to shut down than new ones opened.