The line graph illustrates the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.
Overall, both figures experienced significant fluctuations throughout the given period. The number of shop closures was higher than the number of openings for most of the period, despite experiencing a temporary major decline in 2015. In contrast, the number of new shops opened was highest at the beginning of the period, before fluctuating and eventually reaching its lowest point in 2018.
To begin with, in 2011, around 6,500 shops closed. The figure then fluctuated between approximately 5,900 and 7,100 from 2012 to 2014. After experiencing a major decline to around 700 in 2015, the number rose significantly to approximately 5,100 in 2016. It then decreased slightly to 5,000 in 2017 before increasing marginally to roughly 5,200 at the end of the given period.
With regard to shop openings, the number showed an extreme decline to around 4,000 in 2012, after beginning the period with the highest figure of approximately 8,500 in 2011. After that, it experienced a gradual increase to around 5,000 in 2013 and reached approximately 6,000 in 2014. The figure then remained stable at around 4,000 in 2015 and 2016, before increasing slightly to about 4,200 in 2017 and subsequently falling to roughly 3,000 in 2018.