The bar chart compares the shares of household spending on four different aspects, classified into housing, healthcare, food, and transportation in three nations: Britain, Australia, Japan in 2013.Overall, Japanese spent the largest amount of money on predominantly housing and transportation, while the UK and Australia allocated to food and healthcare, respectively. Meanwhile, the largest share of expenditure in Japan was allocated to housing, making it the biggest expenditure category, whereas the reverse was true for that of healthcare in the UK.
In Japan, a substantial proportion of total spending went towards housing and transportation, reaching a peak of one-third, making it the category that most of the money spent on. While the figure for healthcare and transportation had comparable figures, both representing roughly just over 20%, food was responsible for nearly 17% of the total household expenditure.
By contrast, although British families’ expenditure on healthcare was the least, at about 9 %, it surpassed Australia in terms of housing, food, and transportation as well, each figure constituting 26%, and 29% for food and transport as they had similar proportions.
Turning to Australia, food and transportation were the categories that had been spent less. While the former accounted for just over 10%, the latter was just under 15%. However, this state showed the largest share of expenses in healthcare service and housing, comprising nearly the same percentages of 24%, meaning that they had been more health-conscious over other countries