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 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.
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The table indicates data related to the proportion of personal savings compared to personal income for several countries
such
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as Canada,
France
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, Germany, Italy, Japan,
UK
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the UK
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and
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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
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the country with the lowest saving proportion was the
USA
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. On the one hand, some countries like
France
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, Germany, Italy and Japan reached
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apply
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double digit
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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
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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
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at 13.8%. Things changed in 2000 as Japan and
France
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took the first place as a country with
most
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the highest
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saving
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savings
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rate at roughly 13.6%.
On the other hand
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, the
USA
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had the lowest proportion of private savings among other countries on the list. The
USA
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showed a trend of decline from 8.2% in 1970 to 4.0% in 2000.
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, Canada
also
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showed an inconsistency over the period,
started
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starting
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at 5.6% in 1970
then
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rose
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until
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to
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11.5% and extremely
declined
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declining
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again to 1.9% in 2000.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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