The charts illustrate the average household spendings in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five important categories in 2010.
In general, it is clear that both Japan and Malaysia spent the large proportion of their income on three categories- housing, food and other goods and services. The percentage figures for spending on transport and healthcare in Japan were double those for Malaysia.
In 2010, Malaysian household was spent most of their earnings on housing about 34%. This figure was higher than in Japan, with just about 21% on housing. In contrast, Japanese householders paid the highest proportion on other goods and services, at 29%, which was slightly more than Malaysia. Along with that, the proportions of both health care and transport in Japan was exactly double those shown for the percentages in Malaysia
In term of food, the figures for both nations were similar, at 24% and 27% for Malaysia and Japan respectively. In addition, the expenditure on health care was the lowest category. In Japan this accounted for 6% of the total, which was 3% more than that of Malaysians.