the graph below show 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 the number of

shops

in terms of closed and opened in one country over a period of 7 years. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that the statistic of

stores

that both closed and opened all saw a dramatic decrease between 2011 and 2018.

However

, the number of closed

stores

registered steep fluctuations. A deep analysis of the graph provided reveals that the

figure

for closed

shops

experienced fluctuations in the given period. In 2011, there were around 6300

stores

had to close. From

this

year, the number of shop closures began to increase and reached its peak, at around 7000 in 2013.

By contrast

,

this

figure

started to fall sharply to approximately 700 in the next two years. After witnessing a harsh reduction, the statistic of closed

shops

saw a considerable climb to over 5000, and

then

remained stable data in the next two years, at 5000 and over 5000 respectively. As for shop openings, it can be seen that there was a significant decrease over a 7-year period. In the year 2011, there were about 8500

shops

opened in that country, at which point

this

figure

started to fall sharply to 4000 in 2012.

This

data started to rise roughly by 2000, at 6000

stores

in 2014, after which

this

figure

reduced notably to 3000 in 2018.