The graph dives detailed information about the number of shops opened and closed in one country from 2011 to 2018.
Overall, it is clear that there was an upward trend in closures and openings in terms of shops opened and closed over the given period.
Looking at the details, at first, the main figure was openings with highest share in the number of shops opened and closed in 2011, accounting for 8500. During the next rears, before the figure for openings witnessed a slight growth up to 6100 in 2014, the former experienced dramatic decline to 3900 in 2012. Consequently, the former saw a gradual increase with some mild fluctuations until 2018 and at the end, the former accounted for 3000.
When it comes to the closures, different changes had been observed during the period. Initially, the figure for closures account for 6500. During the next 2 years, the former experienced a slight increase up to 7000. However, the figure for closures decline gradually down to 500 until 2015. Then, the former witnessed a sharply increase up to 5100 in 2016. Next years, the former remained more or less unchanged.
