The pie charts compare the average household spending in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five categories in 2010.
Overall, it is clear that Japanese and Malaysian people spent the largest proportion of their budget on just three categories, namely housing, food, and other goods and services. Moreover, the expenditure on healthcare and transport in Japan was double the figure for Malaysia.
In Malaysian households, the greatest proportion of spending was on housing, which represented 34% of the total expenditure, while in Japan, the figure for this category was just 21%. Japanese households spent the largest amount of their income on other goods and services, at 29%. Meanwhile, the rate of spending on this category in Malaysia was slightly lower, at 26%. In terms of food, the percentage of expenses for both nations was relatively similar, at 27% for Malaysia and 24% for Japan.
On the other hand, the smallest proportion of spending was on healthcare. In Malaysia, this accounted for 3% of the total household expenses, while the figure for transport represented 10%. These figures were exactly doubled in Japan, which were 6% and 20% respectively.