The line graph illustrates the number of shop openings and closures in a particular country between 2011 and 2018. Overall, it is evident that while both shop openings and closures experienced fluctuations throughout the period, the general trend for both was a decline.
In 2011, the number of shop openings commenced at a high of 8,500, significantly outstripping the number of closures, which stood at approximately 6,500. However, shop openings witnessed a sharp decrease to 4,000 in the subsequent year before gradually recovering to just over 6,000 by 2014. This was followed by a substantial drop to 4,000 in 2015. Subsequently, the number of openings remained relatively stable until 2016, followed by a marginal increase to around 4,200 in 2017 and then a gradual descent to 3,000 by 2018.
Conversely, the number of shop closures began at approximately 6,500 in 2011. This figure experienced minor oscillations between 2012 and 2014, reaching a peak of just over 7,200 in 2013 before declining to 6,500 in 2014. A dramatic fall to a low of around 800 was observed in 2015, after which there was a rapid surge to just over 5,000 in 2016. The number of closures then remained broadly consistent at around 5,000 for the final two years of the period.