The two pie charts compare the average household spendings in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five categories in the year 2010.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that Japanese and Malaysian people spent the largest proportion of their budget on three categories, namely housing, food and other goods and services. Moreover, the expenditure on healthcare and transport in Japan were twice as much as in Malaysia.
In Malaysian household, the largest share of spending was on housing, composing 34%, while in Japan the figure for this category equaled just 21%. Moreover, Japanese spent most of their budget on food and other goods and sevices, accounting for 24% and 29%, respectively. Regarding these categories, Malaysian residents’ costs composed slightly different, 27% and 26% accordingly.
Additionally, the figure for costs of healthcare comprised 6% in Japan and two times less in Malaysia. Furthermore,
it is obvious that Japanese citizens spent a half the size of share than Malaysian people on transport, mading up 20% and one-tenth percent, correspondingly.