Band 6+: The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts demonstrate the difference in the proportions of the average amount of money spent per home between Malaysia and Japan during 2010. Overall, the spendings are divided into six categories that are all closely related to the lives of households.

According to the categories mentioned in the graphs, Japan and Malaysia share the similar proportion of expenditure on food, health care, and other goods and services, which only has an average of 3% difference among these sectors, depsite which country has a larger share.

On the other hand, there is a considerable variation of portions of money spent on transport and housing. To begin with, Japan households spent about one-fifth of their overall average expenses on commuting to different places, while it only takes up to 10 percent for Malaysian homes to spend their money to do so, which eventually results in a 10-percent deviation in 2010. However, Malaysian households spent 34 percent of their average expenditure for accommodation, which is 13 percent higher than that of money Japanese families spent on housing (21%).