The table below shows personal savings as a percentage of personal income for selected countries in 1970, 1990 and 2000. Summarise the information by choosing and reporting the key features, and make any relevant comparisons.

The table indicates data related to the proportion of personal savings compared to personal income for several countries

such

as Canada,

France

, Germany, Italy, Japan,

UK

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the UK

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and

USA

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the USA

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in 1970, 1990 and 2000. Generally, people in Italy had the most saving percentage

while

the country with the lowest saving proportion was the

USA

. On the one hand, some countries like

France

, Germany, Italy and Japan reached

the

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percentages over those years. People in Italy had the highest rate of personal savings in 1970 at 29.5%, followed by

France

at 18.7 in the same year. In 1990, Italy still held the top percentage at 17.6% and Germany took the second-best position from

France

at 13.8%. Things changed in 2000 as Japan and

France

took the first place as a country with

most

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the highest

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saving

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rate at roughly 13.6%.

On the other hand

, the

USA

had the lowest proportion of private savings among other countries on the list. The

USA

showed a trend of decline from 8.2% in 1970 to 4.0% in 2000.

Furthermore

, Canada

also

showed an inconsistency over the period,

started

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at 5.6% in 1970

then

rose

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until

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11.5% and extremely

declined

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declining

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again to 1.9% in 2000.