The pie graphs illustrate how much money was spent on five household categories in two countries, namely Japan and Malaysia, in 2010.
Overall, while the expenditure on other goods and services was the highest in Japan, people in Malaysia spent the most on housing in the same year. It is also clear that people in both nations allocated the least money to health care.
Looking first at the categories that accounted for the highest percentages, people living in Japan spent 29% of their household expenditures on other goods and services, while those who lived in Malaysia spent 26% on this category. Conversely, the expenditure on housing was the highest in Malaysia, with a figure of 34%, in comparison with 21% in Japan.
Regarding the other categories, the share of food expended by people who lived in Malaysia was higher than that by residents living in Malaysia,27% compared to 24%. Both people in the two countries spent the least on housing, but the percentage of this feature spent by the Japanese was higher than that by the Malaysians, at 6% and 3% respectively. It is important to note that the percentage of transport spent by Japanese people doubled that by the Malaysians.