The graph illustrates year-wise shop opening and closing numbers in one country from 2011 to 2018.
Overall, as can be vividly seen from the graph, at the beginning of the period, the number of newly opened shops was high, while at the end of the period, the number of closed shops was higher than the newly opened shop numbers.
In terms of openings, in the year 2011, a total of 8,500 new shops were opened. But after one year, total numbers decreased by half. Which accounted for 4000. Then the numbers rose year by year until 2014. Which was accounted for with 5000 and 6100, respectively. After that, the numbers decreased to 4000 in 2015. Then it ran steady for 2016 and 2017. After that, the numbers of the newly opened shop fell again to 3000 in 2018.
In the case of a closed number, a first-year total of around 6,400 shops were closed. A total of 6,000 shops were closed in 2012. After that, closed numbers were increased in 2013. Which was accounted for with a total of 7100. In 2014, the number declined to 6500. But in 2015, total numbers decreased significantly. Only 500 shops were closed that year. After that, it increased to 4000 in the upper ear. And the number remained constant by the end of the period.