Table 2.—Personal and National Saving Rates
[Percent]
| Year
| Personal saving rate
| National saving rate |
| Previously published
| Revised
| Revision
| Previously published
| Revised
| Revision |
| 1959 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 21.3 | 20.7 | –0.6 |
| 1960 | 6.6 | 7.2 | .6 | 21.4 | 20.9 | –.5 |
| 1961 | 7.7 | 8.3 | .6 | 21.2 | 20.7 | –.5 |
| 1962 | 7.6 | 8.3 | .7 | 21.5 | 21.1 | –.4 |
| 1963 | 7.0 | 7.8 | .8 | 21.7 | 21.3 | –.4 |
| 1964 | 7.9 | 8.8 | .9 | 21.7 | 21.4 | –.3 |
| 1965 | 7.8 | 8.6 | .8 | 22.1 | 21.8 | –.3 |
| 1966 | 7.5 | 8.3 | .8 | 21.6 | 21.3 | –.3 |
| 1967 | 8.7 | 9.4 | .7 | 20.7 | 20.4 | –.3 |
| 1968 | 7.7 | 8.4 | .7 | 20.2 | 20.0 | –.2 |
| 1969 | 7.2 | 7.8 | .6 | 20.5 | 20.1 | –.4 |
| 1970 | 8.5 | 9.4 | .9 | 18.9 | 18.6 | –.3 |
| 1971 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 1.2 | 18.9 | 18.6 | –.3 |
| 1972 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 1.3 | 19.6 | 19.3 | –.3 |
| 1973 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 21.2 | 21.1 | –.1 |
| 1974 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 19.9 | 20.0 | .1 |
| 1975 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.6 | .1 |
| 1977 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 19.3 | 19.4 | .1 |
| 1978 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 20.6 | 20.8 | .2 |
| 1979 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 20.9 | 21.0 | .1 |
| 1980 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 19.4 | 19.6 | .2 |
| 1981 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 18.5 | 19.0 | .5 |
| 1983 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 16.6 | 17.0 | .4 |
| 1984 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 19.1 | 19.4 | .3 |
| 1985 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 18.2 | .5 |
| 1986 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 16.2 | 16.5 | .3 |
| 1987 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 16.6 | 17.0 | .4 |
| 1988 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 1.0 |
| 1989 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 15.5 | 16.3 | .8 |
| 1995 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 16.3 | 16.9 | .6 |
| 1996 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 16.6 | 17.2 | .6 |
| 1997 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 18.3 | .9 |
| 1998 | .5 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 1.5 |