The pie charts demonstrate information about how the typical amount of domestic spending was distributed across 5 categories in Japan and Malaysia between 1950 and 2010.
Overall, the most striking feature is that the Housing and Other goodsservices accounted for the dominant shares, while the Transport and Health care represented the smallest proportion.
In Japan, Other goodsservices accounted for the largest propotion of expenditure at around 26%, considerably higher than Health care 6%. Spending on Transport was marginally lower (20%) than Housing 21%. In Malaysia, the typical amount of household expenses on Housing overshadowed all other categories, made up 34%.
Although Health care constituted a tiny proportion (3%), significantly lower than Transport 10%. In Japan, Food made up the second largest share at 24%, slightly below Other goodsservices (29%). In Malaysia, the distribution of household spending on Other goodsservices (29%), broadly similiar to Transport at 27%.
In conclusion, it is noticeable that the largest shares represented by Other goodsservices and Housing.