The pie charts compare the average proportion of household spending across five different categories in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.
Overall, housing represents the largest share of household expenditure in Malaysia, while in Japan the biggest proportion is allocated to other goods and services. In both countries, health care accounts for the smallest proportion. Additionally, spending on transport in Japan is exactly double that of Malaysia.
In Malaysia, housing accounted for the largest proportion of household expenditure, at 34%. This was followed by food and other goods and services, at 27% and 26%, respectively. By contrast, transport and healthcare represented considerably smaller shares, at 10% and 3%.
In Japan, other goods and services made up the largest share of household expenditure, at 29%. Food accounted for 24%, while housing and transport represented relatively similar proportions, at 21% and 20%, respectively. Healthcare had the smallest share, at just 6%.
