The pie charts display the proportion of household expenses in Japan and Bangladesh in 2023.
Overall, both countries demonstrate a similar spending pattern. It is clear that the largest share of money people spent on housing in Bangladesh as well as in Japan, but in Bangladesh these expenses were more significant. Other categories accounted for higher proportion in Japan rather than in Bangladesh in 2023
Starting with Bangladesh, housing leads the pack with 46%. This figure reached nearly half of the total. Not too far behind, food expenses made up ⅕ of the total, followed by transport, accounted for 15%. The remaining percentage is distributed as follows: 10% for education, 6% for healthcare, 3% for others.
As for Japan, households spent less on housing than in Bangladesh,their expenses reached only around 30%. In contrast, other spending categories were more common in Japan, than in Bangladesh. For instance, the expenditures on food and on transport surpassed those in Bangladesh at around four percentage points.