The line graph above illustrates the amounts of shops that shut down and the amounts of new stores that opened in a country over 7 years from 2011 to 2018.
Overall, the amount of shops that closed and number of stores opened during this period has decrease. However, the highest difference in number of changes for closures is higher than openings.
The total number of stores being closed and opened at the end of the period is lower than the start of this period. The amount of shops started in 2011 is about 8,500. It goes down to 4,000 in 2012 and end up with 6,000 stores in 2014. Then back down to 3,000 shops at the end of 2018. The number of shops being shut down in 2011 is 6,500. It goes up to 7,200 in 2013 and end up having 5,000 shops closed in 2018.
In 2013, the closures of shops in this country reach the highest point with 7,000 stores, and it reached the lowest point in 2015 with 500 shops being closed. The difference of the shops being closed are 6,500. On the other hand, shops being open started from the highest point in 2011 with 8,500 news stores being opened, and get to the lowest point at the end of the period, 2018, with 3,000 new stores being opened. The differenciation of new stores that opened in this whole period is only 5,500.