The two pie charts illustrates the proportions of families spending in japan and Malaysia in terms of five categories by 2010 .
Overall, It is clear that, Japanese and Malaysian people spent the largest proportion of their budget to purchase housing, food and other goods and services. While, the least expenditures was on healthcare and transport.
To begin with, In Malaysian households the highest percentage of consumption was on housing, just about 34% of the total expenditure, while in Japan , the figure of this category was just 21% . Japanese families spend 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 percentages of expenses for both nations were relatively similar, at 27% for Malaysia and 24% for Japan .
In both countries, the smallest proportion of spending was on healthcare. In Malaysia, this accounted for 3% of the total household expenses , while the figure of transport represented 10% . These figures were exactly doubled in Japan which were 6% and 20% respectively.