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 given table compares data about the portion of people's saved money per their income in 7 various Europe, North America, and Japan from 1970 to 2000.

Overall

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, it was important that the percentage of saving money from their salary in all countries other than the UK reduced over the period of 3 decades.

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the diagram, in the beginning, Italy, the best country where the number of personal savings per income was the highest among others, composed 29.5 ;

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it declined to 11.4 in 2000. France and Japan respectively formed 18.7 and 17.6 the first time; after that, they decreased to approximately the same proportion at 12;

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they constituted the same fraction in 2000, at 13.6. The graph demonstrates that Germany between 1970 and 1990 was constant at 13.8;

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it reduced to roughly the same as Italy.

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, the UK declined from 9.2 in 1970 to the minimum mark of 8.2 in 1990. Later it rose to nearly 11 in 2000.

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the USA and Canada made up 8.2 and 5.6 in 1970;

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America fell to 4 in 2000. But Canada climbed to the maximum point at 11.5;

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it reduced to 1.9 in 2000.