Band 5+: The pie chart below show the average household expenditures in a country in 1950 and 2010 summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make conversion where relevant

THE PIE CHARTS COMPARE THE AVERAGE SPENDING IN HOUSEHOLD OF JAPAN AND MALAYSIA IN 2010. THE DATA IS GIVEN IN THE PERCENTAGE.

CONSIDERING JAPAN’S DATA, OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES SPENDING ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN QUARTER,AND IT WAS THE HIGHEST AMONG OTHER TYPE OF COSTS. FURTHER MORE, THE COST ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING WAS QUITE SIMILAR, 20% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY. APART FROM THAT THE HEALTHCARE WAS THE ONLY SECTOR, WHERE PEOPLE OF JAPAN HAD LEAST EXPENDED, AROUND 6%. FOOD WAS THE SECOND MOST USED AND THEY SPENT 24% OF COST.

THE PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA SPENDED ALMOST 34% ON THE HOUSING, WHILE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES WERE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE OF JAPAN(26%). THE FOOD WAS THE SECOND MOST EXPENDED THING, WHICH HAD 27% SPENDING OF MALAYSIANS. ALONG WITH THIS THE SPENDING ON TRANSPORTATION BY THE PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA WAS AT HALF NUMBERS IN COMPARISON OF JAPANESE.

OVERALL, THE HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT HAD LEAST SPENDING BY BOTH HOUSEHOLDERS, WHILE THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN HAD SPENT MORE MONEY ON OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES; HOWEVER, THE HIGHEST EXPENDITURE OF MALASIANS WAS ON THE HOUSING.