The given line graph illustrates the number of newly added shops and closed shops in one particular nation during 8 years period from 2011.
Overall, it can be seen that the number of shop closures was more as compared to newly opened ones during the given time period except for 2011 and 2015. Both numbers were slightly decreased in 2018 as compared to 2011.
From the closure look, it reveals that the number of opened shops were stood at 8500 in 2011 and gradually declined to nearly 4000 in 2012. There was a fluctuation between 2012 and 2015, and remained stable at 4000 before the number of new shops reached to a trough at 3000 in 2018.
As the number of closed shops started from nearly 6500 and fluctuated up to 2014 between 6000 and 7000 before it reached to the lowest point at below 1000 in 2015. After that, the number of shops closed witnessed a sharp rise and reached to virtually 5000 and remained steady up to year 2018.